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“landscape” + land 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 0 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 1 / 89 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 5 / 161 1800s 33 / 683 1850s 46 / 938 1900s 38 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

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

A Lonely Place

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A Lonely Place

by Edward Shanks · English

11 June 1892 - 4 May 1953 (~61)

After Rain

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After Rain

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

An Invitation

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An Invitation

by Francis Ledwidge · English

19 August 1887 - 31 July 1917 (~30)

Before we mothernaked fall

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Before we mothernaked fall

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Campo

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Campo

by Antonio Machado · Spanish

26 July 1875 - 22 February 1939 (~64)

Continuity

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Continuity

by Edward Shanks · English

11 June 1892 - 4 May 1953 (~61)

East Kennet Church at Evening

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East Kennet Church at Evening

by Charles Sorley · English

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

Hail

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Hail

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Hallowe'en in a Suburb

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Hallowe'en in a Suburb

by Howard Phillips Lovecraft · English

20 August 1890 - 15 March 1937 (~47)

Harvesting

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Harvesting

by John Drinkwater · English

1 June 1882 - 25 March 1937 (~55)

Hold hard, these ancient minutes in the cuckoo’s month

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Hold hard, these ancient minutes in the cuckoo’s month

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Island Quarry

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Island Quarry

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

Joan o' the Wad

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Joan o' the Wad

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Kisses in the Train

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Kisses in the Train

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

O Ailing Love

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O Ailing Love

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

O cool is the valley now

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O cool is the valley now

by James Joyce · English

2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)

On the Hills

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On the Hills

by Ford Madox Hueffer · English

17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)

Pastoral

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Pastoral

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Questing

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Questing

by Joshua Henry Jones · English

1876 - 14 December 1955 (~79)

Ragged Island

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Ragged Island

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Rain has fallen all the day

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Rain has fallen all the day

by James Joyce · English

2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)

Requiem

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Requiem

by Anne Spencer · English

6 February 1882 - 27 July 1975 (~93)

Roads

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Roads

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Rosa de Fuego

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Rosa de Fuego

by Antonio Machado · Spanish

26 July 1875 - 22 February 1939 (~64)

Sheep in a Storm

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Sheep in a Storm

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Stone Trees

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Stone Trees

by John Freeman · English

29 January 1880 - 23 September 1929 (~49)

The Cottage

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The Cottage

by Clifford Bax · English

13 July 1886 - 18 November 1962 (~76)

The Crusader Returns from Captivity

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The Crusader Returns from Captivity

by G. K. Chesterton · English

29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936 (~62)

The Helmsman

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The Helmsman

by Hilda Doolittle · English

10 September 1886 - 27 September 1961 (~75)

The Road

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The Road

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The Three Hills

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The Three Hills

by J. C. Squire · English

2 April 1884 - 20 December 1958 (~74)

The Vagrant

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The Vagrant

by Mary Webb · English

25 March 1881 - 8 October 1927 (~46)

The West Wind

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The West Wind

by John Masefield · English

1 June 1878 - 12 May 1967 (~89)

The Young Girl

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The Young Girl

by Joseph Campbell · English

15 July 1879 - 6 June 1944 (~65)

To follow the fox

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To follow the fox

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Walls

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Walls

by Eva Gore-Booth · English

22 May 1870 - 30 June 1926 (~56)

We lying by seasand

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We lying by seasand

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

¡Viva la Virgen del Rocío!

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¡Viva la Virgen del Rocío!

by Manuel Machado · Spanish

29 August 1874 - 19 January 1947 (~73)

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