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“poverty” across the centuries

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced this theme. Click an era to focus the poem list below (click again to show samples from all eras).

pre-1500 0 / 30 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 90 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 4 / 163 1800s 3 / 685 1850s 1 / 944 1900s 3 / 1120 1950s 1 / 15

Poems in 1750s · 4 with this theme Show all eras

Is there, for honest poverty
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Is there, for honest poverty

by Robert Burns · English

Robert Burns portrait

25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

The Dead Beggar
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The Dead Beggar

by Charlotte Smith · English

Charlotte Smith portrait

4 May 1749 - 28 October 1806 (~57)

To the Poor
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To the Poor

by Anna Lætitia Barbauld · English

Anna Lætitia Barbauld portrait

20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)

To the Shade of Burns
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To the Shade of Burns

by Charlotte Smith · English

Charlotte Smith portrait

4 May 1749 - 28 October 1806 (~57)

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