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“wealth” 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 / 30 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 90 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 5 / 685 1850s 6 / 944 1900s 4 / 1120 1950s 1 / 15

Poems in 1800s · 5 with this theme Show all eras

Patty of the Vale
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Patty of the Vale

by John Clare · English

John Clare portrait

13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)

Poverty
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Poverty

by Henry David Thoreau · English

Henry David Thoreau portrait

12 July 1817 - 6 May 1862 (~45)

Rest Only in the Grave
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Rest Only in the Grave

by James Clarence Mangan · English

James Clarence Mangan portrait

1 May 1803 - 20 June 1849 (~46)

When Poor in All but Hope and Love
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When Poor in All but Hope and Love

by Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan · English

Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan portrait

22 March 1808 - 15 June 1877 (~69)

Written in London. September, 1802
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Written in London. September, 1802

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

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