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“rose” 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 0 / 10 1550s 2 / 89 1600s 6 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 8 / 162 1800s 6 / 683 1850s 24 / 939 1900s 24 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 24 with this theme Show all eras

A Daughter of Eve

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A Daughter of Eve

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Wild Rose

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A Wild Rose

by Alfred Austin · English

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

A Wintry Sonnet

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A Wintry Sonnet

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

An October Garden

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An October Garden

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Color

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Color

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Confluents

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Confluents

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Consider the Lilies of the Field

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Consider the Lilies of the Field

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Exchanges

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Exchanges

by Ernest Dowson · English

2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)

Gone Forever

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Gone Forever

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Heap ruby upon amethyst,

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Heap ruby upon amethyst,

by Manmohan Ghose · English

19 January 1869 - 4 January 1924 (~55)

In the Heart of a Rose

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In the Heart of a Rose

by George Marion McClellan · English

29 September 1860 - 17 May 1934 (~74)

Memory

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Memory

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich · English

11 November 1836 - 19 March 1907 (~71)

Now I am on the earth

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Now I am on the earth

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

O, gather me the rose

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O, gather me the rose

by William Ernest Henley · English

23 August 1849 - 11 July 1903 (~54)

Rose and Rue

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Rose and Rue

by Oscar Wilde · English

16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900 (~46)

Symbols

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Symbols

by Christina Rossetti · English

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

The First Extra

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The First Extra

by Amy Levy · English

10 November 1861 - 10 September 1889 (~28)

The Lovers

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The Lovers

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Rose and the Lily

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The Rose and the Lily

by Nixon Waterman · English

12 November 1859 - 1 September 1944 (~85)

The Useless Ones

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The Useless Ones

by John Boyle O'Reilly · English

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)

The Violets and the Rose

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The Violets and the Rose

by George John Cayley · English

26 January 1826 - 11 October 1878 (~52)

Two Worlds

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Two Worlds

by Emily Dickinson · English

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

When the Rose came I loved the Rose

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When the Rose came I loved the Rose

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

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)

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