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“hope” 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 / 28 BCE 1 / 12 1500s 1 / 9 1550s 3 / 89 1600s 2 / 176 1650s 2 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 4 / 162 1800s 32 / 683 1850s 33 / 939 1900s 16 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1800s · 32 with this theme Show all eras

A Se Stesso

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A Se Stesso

by Giacomo Leopardi · Italian

29 June 1798 - 14 June 1837 (~39)

All Is Vanity

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All Is Vanity

by Bernard Barton · English

31 January 1784 - 19 February 1849 (~65)

Christian Settlements in Africa

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Christian Settlements in Africa

by Lydia Huntley Sigourney · English

1 September 1791 - 10 June 1865 (~74)

Crossing the Bar

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Crossing the Bar

by Alfred Lord Tennyson · English

6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)

Death

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Death

by Emily Brontë · English

30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848 (~30)

Erin, the tear and the smile in thine eyes

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Erin, the tear and the smile in thine eyes

by Thomas Moore · English

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

Evelyn Hope

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Evelyn Hope

by Robert Browning · English

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

Faith and Despondency

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Faith and Despondency

by Emily Brontë · English

30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848 (~30)

First Advent of Love

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First Advent of Love

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

Freedom, Our Queen

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Freedom, Our Queen

by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. · English

29 August 1809 - 7 October 1894 (~85)

If This Be All

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If This Be All

by Anne Brontë · English

17 January 1820 - 28 May 1849 (~29)

Jealousy

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Jealousy

by Charles Tennyson Turner · English

4 July 1808 - 25 April 1879 (~71)

Life

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Life

by Charlotte Brontë · English

21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855 (~39)

Misconceptions

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Misconceptions

by Robert Browning · English

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

One Dear Smile

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One Dear Smile

by Thomas Moore · English

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

Pantisocracy

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Pantisocracy

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

Qua Cursum Ventus

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Qua Cursum Ventus

by Arthur Hugh Clough · English

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

Shall I decide it by a random shot?

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Shall I decide it by a random shot?

by Arthur Hugh Clough · English

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

The Dial of Flowers

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The Dial of Flowers

by Felicia Dorothea Hemans · English

25 September 1793 - 16 May 1835 (~42)

The Questioning Spirit

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The Questioning Spirit

by Arthur Hugh Clough · English

1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)

The Redbreast

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The Redbreast

by Charlotte Richardson · English

5 March 1775 - 26 September 1825 (~50)

The Spindle Song

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The Spindle Song

by Sir Walter Scott · English

15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832 (~61)

Then, fare thee well (Old English Air)

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Then, fare thee well (Old English Air)

by Thomas Moore · English

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

There is an awful quiet in the air

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There is an awful quiet in the air

by Hartley Coleridge · English

19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)

Time, Hope, and Memory

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Time, Hope, and Memory

by Thomas Hood · English

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

To Death

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To Death

by Julia Ward Howe · English

27 May 1819 - 17 October 1910 (~91)

To the Autumnal Moon

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To the Autumnal Moon

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

To the Fringed Gentian

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To the Fringed Gentian

by William Cullen Bryant · English

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

When youthful faith hath fled

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When youthful faith hath fled

by John Gibson Lockhart · English

12 June 1794 - 25 November 1854 (~60)

Work Without Hope

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Work Without Hope

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

You'll love Me yet

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You'll love Me yet

by Robert Browning · English

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

Youth and Age

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Youth and Age

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

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