Literary notes about solitary (AI summary)
The word "solitary" is frequently employed to evoke a sense of isolation or singularity, whether describing a remote physical locale or a state of inner aloneness. In narratives it drapes landscapes and settings with a quiet, almost mystical isolation, as seen when a man ventures into a solitary place deep in the wilds ([1]) or when the shore and rolling sea seem to belong to one solitary shore ([2]). It also characterizes individuals whose lives are marked by isolation—whether by choice or circumstance—illustrating both the burden and reflective calm of being alone, as in the depiction of a solitary life on the edge of a moor ([3]) or the contemplative solitude experienced by a person amidst societal detachment ([4]). Even in technical or natural descriptions, the term sharpens focus on singular elements, highlighting their distinct presence ([5], [6]).
- Many years before, a man by the name of Sutton had penetrated the wilderness of cane to this solitary place.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - Meanwhile Ulysses in his country lay, Released from sleep, and round him might survey The solitary shore and rolling sea.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - He led a very solitary life, keeping house by himself in a tiny cottage, or rather hut, of one room, far on the edge of the moorland.
— from Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker - If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - —A tree 15–20° high, trunk [ 67 ] bearing solitary spines.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - Drupe globose, with hard, slightly furrowed putamen of 6 locules and solitary seeds. Habitat.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
