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Pick a theme and see how often it shows up across 50-year cohorts of V2Melody poets. Bars are normalised so small cohorts don't get drowned out by large ones.

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“lover” 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 / 29 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 1 / 10 1550s 6 / 89 1600s 14 / 176 1650s 4 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 8 / 684 1850s 15 / 939 1900s 14 / 1119 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 15 with this theme Show all eras

A Creole Slave-Song

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A Creole Slave-Song

by Maurice Thompson · English

9 September 1844 - 15 February 1901 (~57)

De Amore

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De Amore

by Ernest Dowson · English

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

Go talk to her, sweet flower

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Go talk to her, sweet flower

by Alfred Austin · English

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

If She But Knew

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If She But Knew

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

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)

Lord Randall

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Lord Randall

by Francis James Child · English

1 February 1825 - 11 September 1896 (~71)

Love's Answer

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Love's Answer

by Philip Bourke Marston · English

13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)

Neutral Tones

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Neutral Tones

by Thomas Hardy · English

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

The Dead Lover

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The Dead Lover

by James Whitcomb Riley · English

7 October 1849 - 22 July 1916 (~67)

The First Kiss

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The First Kiss

by Philip Bourke Marston · English

13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)

The One Gift

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The One Gift

by Philip Bourke Marston · English

13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)

The Poor Ghost

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The Poor Ghost

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

The Sad Bridal

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The Sad Bridal

by Edmund Clarence Stedman · English

8 October 1833 - 18 January 1908 (~75)

The True Lover

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The True Lover

by A.E.Housman · English

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Twice

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Twice

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

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