Theme Timeline

Pick a theme and see how often it shows up across 50-year cohorts of V2Melody poets. Bars are normalised so small cohorts don't get drowned out by large ones.

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“rain” + raindrops, train 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 / 29 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 1 / 90 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 0 / 58 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 1 / 163 1800s 7 / 685 1850s 12 / 943 1900s 38 / 1120 1950s 0 / 15

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

A Light in the Moon

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A Light in the Moon

by Gertrude Stein · English

3 February 1874 - 27 July 1946 (~72)

A Sleep Song

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A Sleep Song

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Adlestrop

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Adlestrop

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

After Rain

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After Rain

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Batallion Relief

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Batallion Relief

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

Beauty

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Beauty

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Blight

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Blight

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Child of the Romans

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Child of the Romans

by Carl Sandburg · English

6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)

Echoes

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Echoes

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

Features of Creatures

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Features of Creatures

by John Crowe Ransom · English

30 April 1888 - 3 July 1974 (~86)

German Rain

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German Rain

by Charles Sorley · English

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

Happiness

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Happiness

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

Harvesting

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Harvesting

by John Drinkwater · English

1 June 1882 - 25 March 1937 (~55)

I Stood with the Dead

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I Stood with the Dead

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

If it should rain

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If it should rain

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Kisses in the Train

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Kisses in the Train

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Little Ivory Figures Pulled with String

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Little Ivory Figures Pulled with String

by Amy Lowell · English

9 February 1874 - 12 May 1925 (~51)

Meditation

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Meditation

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

Monotone

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Monotone

by Carl Sandburg · English

6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)

Portygee Lovesong

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Portygee Lovesong

by Genevieve Taggard · English

28 November 1894 - 8 November 1948 (~54)

Rain

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Rain

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Rain cuts the place we tread

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Rain cuts the place we tread

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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)

Rain Music

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Rain Music

by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. · English

2 September 1895 - 3 February 1919 (~24)

Shall gods be said to thump the clouds

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Shall gods be said to thump the clouds

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

The Arch

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The Arch

by William Soutar · English

28 April 1898 - 15 October 1943 (~45)

The Engineer

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The Engineer

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

The Hawthorn Tree

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The Hawthorn Tree

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The Red Wheelbarrow

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The Red Wheelbarrow

by William Carlos Williams · English

17 September 1883 - 4 March 1963 (~80)

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)

There’s plenty in the world that doth not die

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There’s plenty in the world that doth not die

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Travel

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Travel

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Trees

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Trees

by Joyce Kilmer · English

6 December 1886 - 30 July 1918 (~32)

Twilight

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Twilight

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

Waiting At The Window

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Waiting At The Window

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

What lips my lips have kissed

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What lips my lips have kissed

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

What Will They Do?

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What Will They Do?

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Wraith

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Wraith

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

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