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“water” across the centuries

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waters 2 poems underwater 1 poem

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 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 2 / 176 1650s 1 / 57 1700s 2 / 34 1750s 2 / 161 1800s 16 / 683 1850s 19 / 937 1900s 33 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1750s · 2 with this theme Show all eras

To a Young Lady
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To a Young Lady

by William Cowper · English

William Cowper portrait

26 November 1731 - 25 April 1800 (~69)

To Leven Water
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To Leven Water

by Tobias George Smollett · English

Tobias George Smollett portrait

c. 19 March 1721 - 17 September 1771 (~50)

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