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“mind” across the centuries

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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 / 28 BCE 1 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 3 / 89 1600s 2 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 6 / 162 1800s 17 / 683 1850s 10 / 939 1900s 14 / 1115 1950s 1 / 15

Poems in 1800s · 17 with this theme Show all eras

Berrying
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Berrying

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · English

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

Calm is all nature
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Calm is all nature

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

First Advent of Love
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First Advent of Love

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

Human Life
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Human Life

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

I griev'd for Buonaparte
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I griev'd for Buonaparte

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

Intellect
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Intellect

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · English

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

Limbo
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Limbo

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

O gentle Sleep!
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O gentle Sleep!

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

The Affliction of Margaret
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The Affliction of Margaret

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

The Haunted Palace
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The Haunted Palace

by Edgar Allan Poe · English

Edgar Allan Poe portrait

19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849 (~40)

The Lamp
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The Lamp

by Charles Whitehead · English

Charles Whitehead portrait

4 October 1804 - 5 July 1862 (~58)

The Rain Is Falling
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The Rain Is Falling

by William Sidney Walker · English

William Sidney Walker portrait

4 December 1795 - 15 October 1846 (~51)

To Sleep
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To Sleep

by John Keats · English

John Keats portrait

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

To Sleep
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To Sleep

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

To Toussaint L'Ouverture
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To Toussaint L'Ouverture

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

What is Life?
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What is Life?

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge · English

Samuel Taylor Coleridge portrait

21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)

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