motifs

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The books are episodic, composed of scenes that function like poetic stanzas that are linked as much by ideas and motifs as by narrative progression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Emphasising that concept, musical motifs from Arirang appear on the album's opening track, Body To Body, harnessed to a clattering hip-hop beat.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Sun and star motifs rendered in gold enhance the gem’s night sky coloring, while the classic flower designs celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Louis Vuitton Monogram.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The process allows for the creation of 1,2,3,5-substituted adducts, structural motifs commonly found in natural products such as heitziamide A.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Other motifs in the story are attached to concepts, for example ‘transformation’ or ‘love’ or ‘servitude’, or to things, such as a ‘spear’, the ‘gold’ or the ‘River Rhine’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall