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“pain” 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 / 29 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 1 / 10 1550s 3 / 89 1600s 5 / 176 1650s 2 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 8 / 163 1800s 16 / 684 1850s 46 / 939 1900s 30 / 1117 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1800s · 16 with this theme Show all eras

Calm be thy sleep
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Calm be thy sleep

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

Euthanasia
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Euthanasia

by Lord Byron · English

Lord Byron portrait

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

In a drear-nighted December
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In a drear-nighted December

by John Keats · English

John Keats portrait

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

Love Me if I Live
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Love Me if I Live

by Barry Cornwall · English

Barry Cornwall portrait

21 November 1787 - 5 October 1874 (~87)

Mutation
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Mutation

by William Cullen Bryant · English

William Cullen Bryant portrait

3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)

One Struggle More
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One Struggle More

by Lord Byron · English

Lord Byron portrait

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

Pleasure and Pain
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Pleasure and Pain

by Richard Monckton Milnes · English

Richard Monckton Milnes portrait

19 June 1809 - 11 August 1885 (~76)

Prospice
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Prospice

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)

The Goblet of Life
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The Goblet of Life

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · English

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

The Meeting
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The Meeting

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · English

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

The Spindle Song
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The Spindle Song

by Sir Walter Scott · English

Sir Walter Scott portrait

15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832 (~61)

The Stoic
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The Stoic

by Francis Hastings Doyle · English

Francis Hastings Doyle portrait

21 August 1810 - 8 June 1888 (~78)

When Love is kind
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When Love is kind

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

When Stretch'd On One's Bed
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When Stretch'd On One's Bed

by Jane Austen · English

Jane Austen portrait

16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817 (~42)

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