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“summer” 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 1 / 89 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 1 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 6 / 163 1800s 7 / 684 1850s 26 / 941 1900s 10 / 1119 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1850s · 26 with this theme Show all eras

A Bird Song
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A Bird Song

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Daughter of Eve
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A Daughter of Eve

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

A Dirge
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A Dirge

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Aftermath
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Aftermath

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Friendship After Love
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Friendship After Love

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox · English

Ella Wheeler Wilcox portrait

5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)

Indian Summer
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Indian Summer

by Wilfred Campbell · English

Wilfred Campbell portrait

1 June 1860 - 1 January 1918 (~58)

It sifts from Leaden Sieves
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It sifts from Leaden Sieves

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Nature's Changes
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Nature's Changes

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Now I am on the earth
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Now I am on the earth

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

O Summer sun
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O Summer sun

by Laurence Binyon · English

Laurence Binyon portrait

10 August 1869 - 10 March 1943 (~74)

O, gather me the rose
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O, gather me the rose

by William Ernest Henley · English

William Ernest Henley portrait

23 August 1849 - 11 July 1903 (~54)

On the idle hill of summer
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On the idle hill of summer

by A.E.Housman · English

A.E.Housman portrait

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

Psalm of the Day
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Psalm of the Day

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Since We Must Die
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Since We Must Die

by Alfred Austin · English

Alfred Austin portrait

30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)

Summer
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Summer

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

Summer for thee grant I may be
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Summer for thee grant I may be

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Summer Sun
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Summer Sun

by Robert Louis Stevenson · English

Robert Louis Stevenson portrait

13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894 (~44)

Summer's Armies
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Summer's Armies

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Tempus Fugit
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Tempus Fugit

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

The bee is not afraid of me
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The bee is not afraid of me

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

The Cypress
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The Cypress

by Arthur O'Shaughnessy · English

Arthur O'Shaughnessy portrait

14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)

Warm Summer Sun
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Warm Summer Sun

by Mark Twain · English

Mark Twain portrait

30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910 (~75)

What's in a Name?
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What's in a Name?

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

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