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“bird” + birds across the centuries

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced any of these terms. 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 0 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 7 / 163 1800s 29 / 684 1850s 44 / 939 1900s 38 / 1117 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 38 with this theme Show all eras

A Cat

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A Cat

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

A Maiden

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A Maiden

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

Adlestrop

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Adlestrop

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Alms

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Alms

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Because the pleasure-bird whistles

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Because the pleasure-bird whistles

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Brancusi’s Golden Bird

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Brancusi’s Golden Bird

by Mina Loy · English

27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)

Cherry Robbers

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Cherry Robbers

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Dirge to a Dead Owl

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Dirge to a Dead Owl

by Patrick Reginald Chalmers · English

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

Especially when the October wind

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Especially when the October wind

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

I caught a bird which made a ball

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I caught a bird which made a ball

by Gertrude Stein · English

3 February 1874 - 27 July 1946 (~72)

I Love You

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I Love You

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

Idealists

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Idealists

by Alfred Kreymborg · English

10 December 1883 - 14 August 1966 (~83)

Incredible!

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Incredible!

by Cale Young Rice · English

7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)

Invective Against Swans

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Invective Against Swans

by Wallace Stevens · English

2 October 1879 - 2 August 1955 (~76)

Is there anything new under the sun

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Is there anything new under the sun

by Yone Noguchi · English

8 December 1875 - 13 July 1947 (~72)

Joy Supreme

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Joy Supreme

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

Kill Money

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Kill Money

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Palace of the Babies

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Palace of the Babies

by Wallace Stevens · English

2 October 1879 - 2 August 1955 (~76)

Rooks

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Rooks

by Charles Sorley · English

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

Self-Pity

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Self-Pity

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Snow

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Snow

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Spring Morning

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Spring Morning

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

St. Maurice

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St. Maurice

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

The Enchanted Sheep-Fold

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The Enchanted Sheep-Fold

by Josephine Preston Peabody · English

30 May 1874 - 4 December 1922 (~48)

The Hawthorn Tree

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The Hawthorn Tree

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The Heart of a Woman

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The Heart of a Woman

by Georgia Douglas Johnson · English

10 September 1880 - 15 May 1966 (~86)

The Kingfisher

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The Kingfisher

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

The Road and the End

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The Road and the End

by Carl Sandburg · English

6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)

The Sea Witch

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The Sea Witch

by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall · English

14 September 1883 - 22 April 1922 (~39)

The spire cranes

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The spire cranes

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

The Titmouse

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The Titmouse

by Walter de la Mare · English

25 April 1873 - 22 June 1956 (~83)

The Villain

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The Villain

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

The Yellow Bittern

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The Yellow Bittern

by Thomas MacDonagh · English

1 February 1878 - 3 May 1916 (~38)

There Will Come Soft Rains

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There Will Come Soft Rains

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

To a Sparrow

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To a Sparrow

by Francis Ledwidge · English

19 August 1887 - 31 July 1917 (~30)

Twilight

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Twilight

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

When the Cuckoo Sings

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When the Cuckoo Sings

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

Wild Swans

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Wild Swans

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

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