Theme Timeline

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“wind” + windhover, window across the centuries

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced any of these terms. Click an era to focus the poem list below (click again to show samples from all eras).

pre-1500 0 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 1 / 89 1600s 2 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 2 / 162 1800s 18 / 683 1850s 35 / 939 1900s 58 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 35 with this theme Show all eras

A Thunder-Storm

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A Thunder-Storm

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

After a hundred years

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After a hundred years

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

At Dawn

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At Dawn

by Madison Julius Cawein · English

23 March 1865 - 8 December 1914 (~49)

Hollow-Sounding and Mysterious

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Hollow-Sounding and Mysterious

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Il vento scrive

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Il vento scrive

by Gabriele D'Annunzio · Italian

12 March 1863 - 1 March 1938 (~75)

It nods and curtseys and recovers

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It nods and curtseys and recovers

by A.E.Housman · English

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Memory

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Memory

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich · English

11 November 1836 - 19 March 1907 (~71)

Moveless Memories

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Moveless Memories

by Philip Bourke Marston · English

13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)

Nike

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Nike

by Bliss Carman · English

15 April 1861 - 8 June 1929 (~68)

O Summer sun

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O Summer sun

by Laurence Binyon · English

10 August 1869 - 10 March 1943 (~74)

Of all the Sounds despatched abroad

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Of all the Sounds despatched abroad

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Sound Sleep

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Sound Sleep

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Teresa Pashkowsky

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Teresa Pashkowsky

by Edgar Lee Masters · English

23 August 1868 - 5 March 1950 (~82)

The Birch Tree at Loschwitz

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The Birch Tree at Loschwitz

by Amy Levy · English

10 November 1861 - 10 September 1889 (~28)

The Garden of Dreams

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The Garden of Dreams

by Bliss Carman · English

15 April 1861 - 8 June 1929 (~68)

The Hemlock

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The Hemlock

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Indifferent Mariner

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The Indifferent Mariner

by Arthur Macy · English

6 June 1842 - 1 June 1904 (~62)

The Phantom

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The Phantom

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Poet's Grave

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The Poet's Grave

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

The Rose and the Lily

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The Rose and the Lily

by Nixon Waterman · English

12 November 1859 - 1 September 1944 (~85)

The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean

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The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Storm

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The Storm

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Valley of Silence

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The Valley of Silence

by Fiona Macleod · English

12 September 1855 - 12 December 1905 (~50)

The Voice

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The Voice

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley

by Katharine Tynan Hinkson · English

23 January 1861 - 2 April 1931 (~70)

The Wind's Message

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The Wind's Message

by Banjo Paterson · English

17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941 (~77)

The Windhover

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The Windhover

by Gerard Manley Hopkins · English

28 July 1844 - 8 June 1889 (~45)

The Windmill

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The Windmill

by Robert Bridges · English

23 October 1844 - 21 April 1930 (~86)

The winds out of the west land blow

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The winds out of the west land blow

by A.E.Housman · English

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

The Woodspurge

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The Woodspurge

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti · English

12 May 1828 - 9 April 1882 (~54)

The World Voice

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The World Voice

by Bliss Carman · English

15 April 1861 - 8 June 1929 (~68)

To a Lady Asking Foolish Questions

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To a Lady Asking Foolish Questions

by Ernest Dowson · English

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

Warm Summer Sun

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Warm Summer Sun

by Mark Twain · English

30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910 (~75)

When the wind storms by with a shout

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When the wind storms by with a shout

by William Ernest Henley · English

23 August 1849 - 11 July 1903 (~54)

Who Has Seen the Wind?

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Who Has Seen the Wind?

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

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