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“children” 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 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 7 / 161 1800s 14 / 683 1850s 10 / 937 1900s 48 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 10 with this theme Show all eras

Africa
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Africa

by Maria White Lowell · English

Maria White Lowell portrait

8 July 1821 - 27 October 1853 (~32)

Brother and Sister
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Brother and Sister

by Lewis Carroll · English

Lewis Carroll portrait

27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898 (~66)

Cuddle Doon
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Cuddle Doon

by Alexander Anderson · English

Alexander Anderson portrait

30 April 1845 - 11 July 1909 (~64)

Glee — The great storm is over
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Glee — The great storm is over

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Some, too fragile for winter winds
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Some, too fragile for winter winds

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Cry of the Dreamer
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The Cry of the Dreamer

by John Boyle O'Reilly · English

John Boyle O'Reilly portrait

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)

The Little Builders
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The Little Builders

by Frances E. W. Harper · English

Frances E. W. Harper portrait

24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911 (~86)

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

by Eugene Field · English

Eugene Field portrait

2 September 1850 - 4 November 1895 (~45)

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