Literary notes about joyful (AI summary)
In literature, "joyful" is a multifaceted descriptor that can evoke a wide array of feelings and settings. It may be used to announce ecstatic news or blessings, as when characters declare "joyful tidings" in moments of celebration ([1]) or when familial happiness is extolled with a call for rejoicing ([2]). At other times, the term deepens the narrative by highlighting a bittersweet or ironic exuberance, such as when it accentuates the peculiar blend of triumph and introspection in moments of transition ([3], [4]). Whether marking the arrival of welcome guests ([5]) or lending a mystical quality to epic adventures ([6], [7]), "joyful" enriches the text by providing both an emotional climax and a subtle undercurrent of sentiment that binds diverse genres and historical contexts together.
- But now I’ll tell thee joyful tidings, girl.
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Let thy father and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - The joy that the tragic myth excites has the same origin as the joyful sensation of dissonance in music.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Mitya put on his cap with its cockade and, joyful and triumphant, ran into the street.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - As soon as we arrived in town, Allan went straight to see Richard and to carry our joyful news to him and my darling.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - "With ready speed the joyful crew obey: Alone Eurylochus persuades their stay.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - " Then o'er the trench the bounding coursers flew; The joyful Greeks with loud acclaim pursue.
— from The Iliad by Homer
