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“religious” 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 1 / 89 1600s 6 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 2 / 34 1750s 10 / 161 1800s 16 / 683 1850s 40 / 937 1900s 17 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 40 with this theme Show all eras

A Better Resurrection

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A Better Resurrection

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Bush Christening

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A Bush Christening

by Banjo Paterson · English

17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941 (~77)

A Butterfly in Church

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A Butterfly in Church

by George Marion McClellan · English

29 September 1860 - 17 May 1934 (~74)

A Pause of Thought

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A Pause of Thought

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A poor torn heart, a tattered heart

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A poor torn heart, a tattered heart

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

A solemn thing — it was — I said

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A solemn thing — it was — I said

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

After Our Likeness

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After Our Likeness

by Ada Cambridge · English

21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)

Bible Defence of Slavery

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Bible Defence of Slavery

by Frances E. W. Harper · English

24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911 (~86)

Consider

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Consider

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Dover Beach

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Dover Beach

by Matthew Arnold · English

24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)

Faith

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Faith

by Ada Cambridge · English

21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)

Going to heaven!

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Going to heaven!

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

He preached upon “Breadth”

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He preached upon “Breadth”

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

He touched me, so I live to know

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He touched me, so I live to know

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Hollow-Sounding and Mysterious

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Hollow-Sounding and Mysterious

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

I Am Not Skilled to Understand

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I Am Not Skilled to Understand

by Dorothy Greenwell · English

6 December 1821 - 29 March 1882 (~61)

I asked no other thing

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I asked no other thing

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

In the Oratory

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In the Oratory

by Arthur Symons · English

28 February 1865 - 22 January 1945 (~80)

Is Heaven a Physician?

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Is Heaven a Physician?

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Joy in Death

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Joy in Death

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Light in Darkness

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Light in Darkness

by Daniel Webster Davis · English

25 March 1862 - 11 October 1913 (~51)

Love Lies Bleeding

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Love Lies Bleeding

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

My worthiness is all my doubt

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My worthiness is all my doubt

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

One Day

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One Day

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Proof

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Proof

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Psalm of the Day

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Psalm of the Day

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Rouge et Noir

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Rouge et Noir

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Shameless Love

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Shameless Love

by Philip Bourke Marston · English

13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)

Sheep and Lambs

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Sheep and Lambs

by Katharine Tynan Hinkson · English

23 January 1861 - 2 April 1931 (~70)

The Book of Martyrs

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The Book of Martyrs

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Fellowship

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The Fellowship

by Katharine Lee Bates · English

12 August 1859 - 28 March 1929 (~70)

The Goal

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The Goal

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Monk

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The Monk

by E. Nesbit · English

15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924 (~66)

The Passion Flower

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The Passion Flower

by Anne Whitney · English

2 September 1821 - 23 January 1915 (~94)

The Three Hermits

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The Three Hermits

by William Butler Yeats · English

13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)

The Voice

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The Voice

by Matthew Arnold · English

24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)

The Woodspurge

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The Woodspurge

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti · English

12 May 1828 - 9 April 1882 (~54)

This world is not conclusion

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This world is not conclusion

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Too Much

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Too Much

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Who has not found the heaven below

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Who has not found the heaven below

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

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