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“hope” 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 1 / 12 1500s 1 / 9 1550s 3 / 89 1600s 2 / 176 1650s 2 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 4 / 161 1800s 32 / 683 1850s 33 / 937 1900s 16 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 33 with this theme Show all eras

Ad Mariam

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Ad Mariam

by Gerard Manley Hopkins · English

28 July 1844 - 8 June 1889 (~45)

Angela Sanger

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Angela Sanger

by Edgar Lee Masters · English

23 August 1868 - 5 March 1950 (~82)

Barcarolle

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Barcarolle

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

De Profundis

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De Profundis

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Desire

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Desire

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Forgetting

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Forgetting

by Rose Hartwick Thorpe · English

18 July 1850 - 19 July 1939 (~89)

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)

Hope in Failure

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Hope in Failure

by George William Russell · English

10 April 1867 - 17 July 1935 (~68)

Hope is a subtle glutton

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Hope is a subtle glutton

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Hope is the thing with feathers

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Hope is the thing with feathers

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

In Desperate Hope

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In Desperate Hope

by Rabindranath Tagore · English

7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941 (~80)

New Every Morning

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New Every Morning

by Susan Coolidge · English

29 January 1835 - 9 April 1905 (~70)

One Foot on Sea, and One on Shore

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One Foot on Sea, and One on Shore

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Patience of Hope

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Patience of Hope

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Regret

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Regret

by Richard Le Gallienne · English

20 January 1866 - 15 September 1947 (~81)

Rich, Though Poor

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Rich, Though Poor

by Alice Cary · English

26 April 1820 - 12 February 1871 (~51)

Somewhere or Other

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Somewhere or Other

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Song of the Red Republican

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Song of the Red Republican

by Gerald Massey · English

29 May 1828 - 29 October 1907 (~79)

Spleen

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Spleen

by Charles Baudelaire · French

9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867 (~46)

Sustaining Hope

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Sustaining Hope

by George Marion McClellan · English

29 September 1860 - 17 May 1934 (~74)

The Black Christ

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The Black Christ

by Arthur Shearly Cripps · English

10 June 1869 - 1 August 1952 (~83)

The Call

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The Call

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox · English

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

The Darkling Thrush

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The Darkling Thrush

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Oxen

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The Oxen

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Soul's Parting

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The Soul's Parting

by Dorothy Greenwell · English

6 December 1821 - 29 March 1882 (~61)

The Weather Prophet

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The Weather Prophet

by Banjo Paterson · English

17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941 (~77)

Tho’ I get home how late — how late

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Tho’ I get home how late — how late

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Three Seasons

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Three Seasons

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

To a Lost Love

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To a Lost Love

by Ernest Dowson · English

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

To an Unborn Pauper Child

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To an Unborn Pauper Child

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Touching "Never"

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Touching "Never"

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Y Friallen Gyntaf

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Y Friallen Gyntaf

by Watcyn Wyn · Welsh

7 March 1844 - 19 November 1905 (~61)

Yesterday and To-Morrow

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Yesterday and To-Morrow

by John Boyle O'Reilly · English

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)

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