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“dead” 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 1 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 1 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 3 / 162 1800s 26 / 683 1850s 47 / 939 1900s 41 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 47 with this theme Show all eras

A Country Burial

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A Country Burial

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

A Death Song

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A Death Song

by William Morris · English

24 March 1834 - 3 October 1896 (~62)

After Death

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After Death

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?

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Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

All is Well

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All is Well

by Henry Scott Holland · English

27 January 1847 - 17 March 1918 (~71)

An End

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An End

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Beautiful Lie the Dead

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Beautiful Lie the Dead

by Stephen Phillips · English

28 July 1864 - 9 December 1915 (~51)

Charon's Song

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Charon's Song

by Charles Murray · English

27 September 1864 - 12 April 1941 (~77)

Dead Before Death

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Dead Before Death

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Dirge for a Soldier

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Dirge for a Soldier

by George Henry Boker · English

6 October 1823 - 2 January 1890 (~67)

Epitaph

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Epitaph

by Amy Levy · English

10 November 1861 - 10 September 1889 (~28)

Exit

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Exit

by Edwin Arlington Robinson · English

22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)

For the Fallen

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For the Fallen

by Laurence Binyon · English

10 August 1869 - 10 March 1943 (~74)

Forever

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Forever

by John Boyle O'Reilly · English

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)

Grief dies like joy

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Grief dies like joy

by Henry Timrod · English

8 December 1828 - 7 October 1867 (~39)

Hallowe'en

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Hallowe'en

by Violet Jacob · English

1 September 1863 - 9 September 1946 (~83)

He Laments that His Love is Dead

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He Laments that His Love is Dead

by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt · English

17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)

Heraclitus

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Heraclitus

by William Johnson Cory · English

9 January 1823 - 11 June 1892 (~69)

If I Should Die

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If I Should Die

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox · English

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

If I should die to-night

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If I should die to-night

by William Johnson Cory · English

9 January 1823 - 11 June 1892 (~69)

Imagination

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Imagination

by John Davidson · English

11 April 1857 - 23 March 1909 (~52)

In a Breton Cemetery

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In a Breton Cemetery

by Ernest Dowson · English

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

In an Araba

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In an Araba

by Violet Fane · English

24 February 1843 - 13 October 1905 (~62)

In Time of Mourning

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In Time of Mourning

by Algernon Charles Swinburne · English

5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909 (~72)

Let Me Go

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Let Me Go

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Life and Death

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Life and Death

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Mockery

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Mockery

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox · English

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

My Love is Dead

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My Love is Dead

by Philip Bourke Marston · English

13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)

Rain on a Grave

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Rain on a Grave

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Requiescat

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Requiescat

by Matthew Arnold · English

24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)

September 1913

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September 1913

by William Butler Yeats · English

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

She at His Funeral

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She at His Funeral

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Some, too fragile for winter winds

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Some, too fragile for winter winds

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Supremacy

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Supremacy

by Edwin Arlington Robinson · English

22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)

Tears

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Tears

by Lizette Woodworth Reese · English

9 January 1856 - 17 December 1935 (~79)

The Book of Martyrs

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The Book of Martyrs

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Dead

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The Dead

by Mathilde Blind · English

21 March 1841 - 26 November 1896 (~55)

The Dead Child

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The Dead Child

by Ernest Dowson · English

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

The Dead Lover

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The Dead Lover

by James Whitcomb Riley · English

7 October 1849 - 22 July 1916 (~67)

The Dead Man Walking

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The Dead Man Walking

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Mountain Tomb

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The Mountain Tomb

by William Butler Yeats · English

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

The Poor Ghost

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The Poor Ghost

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

The True Lover

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The True Lover

by A.E.Housman · English

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

The Vampire

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The Vampire

by Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton · English

8 November 1831 - 24 November 1891 (~60)

When I am dead, my dearest

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When I am dead, my dearest

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

With rue my heart is laden

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With rue my heart is laden

by A.E.Housman · English

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Writing History

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Writing History

by A. Mary F. Robinson · English

27 February 1857 - 9 February 1944 (~87)

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