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“lover” across the centuries

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love 897 poems lovers 52 poems clover 2 poems

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 1 / 29 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 1 / 10 1550s 7 / 90 1600s 14 / 176 1650s 4 / 58 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 8 / 684 1850s 15 / 942 1900s 14 / 1120 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1800s · 8 with this theme Show all eras

Porphyria's Lover
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Porphyria's Lover

by Robert Browning · English

Robert Browning portrait

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

Revenge
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Revenge

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon · English

Letitia Elizabeth Landon portrait

14 August 1802 - 15 October 1838 (~36)

Second Life
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Second Life

by William Edmondstoune Aytoun · English

William Edmondstoune Aytoun portrait

21 June 1813 - 4 August 1865 (~52)

Song of a Maid Whose Love Is Dead
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Song of a Maid Whose Love Is Dead

by Thomas Lovell Beddoes · English

Thomas Lovell Beddoes portrait

30 June 1803 - 26 January 1849 (~46)

The Ballad of the Oysterman
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The Ballad of the Oysterman

by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. · English

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. portrait

29 August 1809 - 7 October 1894 (~85)

The Lake of the Dismal Swamp
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The Lake of the Dismal Swamp

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

The Lover
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The Lover

by Walter Savage Landor · English

Walter Savage Landor portrait

30 January 1775 - 17 September 1864 (~89)

To Rhea
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To Rhea

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · English

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

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