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“spring” + ring 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 2 / 90 1600s 6 / 176 1650s 1 / 58 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 10 / 684 1850s 32 / 942 1900s 36 / 1120 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 36 with this theme Show all eras

Apes and Ivory

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Apes and Ivory

by Alfred Noyes · English

16 September 1880 - 25 June 1958 (~78)

Castara's Flitting

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Castara's Flitting

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Daffodowndilly

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Daffodowndilly

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

Days Too Short

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Days Too Short

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

Doubt no more that Oberon

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Doubt no more that Oberon

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Easter Song

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Easter Song

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Ganymede

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Ganymede

by Witter Bynner · English

10 August 1881 - 1 June 1968 (~87)

Here in this spring

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Here in this spring

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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)

I Have Wandered to a Spring

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I Have Wandered to a Spring

by Edna Wahlert McCourt · English

19 July 1887 - 4 January 1963 (~76)

If Flowers Had Ghosts

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If Flowers Had Ghosts

by Patrick Reginald Chalmers · English

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

In March

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In March

by Patrick Reginald Chalmers · English

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

Incredible!

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Incredible!

by Cale Young Rice · English

7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)

Maktoob

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Maktoob

by Alan Seeger · English

22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)

Paris in Spring

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Paris in Spring

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

Perhaps

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Perhaps

by John Van Alstyne Weaver · English

17 July 1893 - 14 June 1938 (~45)

Rain Music

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Rain Music

by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. · English

2 September 1895 - 3 February 1919 (~24)

Rosa de Fuego

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Rosa de Fuego

by Antonio Machado · Spanish

26 July 1875 - 22 February 1939 (~64)

Spring

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Spring

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Spring Morning

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Spring Morning

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

Spring Offensive

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Spring Offensive

by Wilfred Owen · English

18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918 (~25)

Spring on the Woodland Path

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Spring on the Woodland Path

by Ford Madox Hueffer · English

17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)

Spring Salmon

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Spring Salmon

by Patrick Reginald Chalmers · English

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

Spring Song

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Spring Song

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Spring Thunder

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Spring Thunder

by Mark Van Doren · English

13 June 1894 - 10 December 1972 (~78)

Strong Moments

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Strong Moments

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

The Enkindled Spring

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The Enkindled Spring

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

The Flower-Fed Buffaloes

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The Flower-Fed Buffaloes

by Vachel Lindsay · English

10 November 1879 - 5 December 1931 (~52)

The Invaders

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The Invaders

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

The Woman at the Well

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The Woman at the Well

by Joseph Campbell · English

15 July 1879 - 6 June 1944 (~65)

The Word

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The Word

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

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 John Keats, Poet at Spring Time

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To John Keats, Poet at Spring Time

by Countee Cullen · English

30 May 1903 - 9 January 1946 (~43)

Virginibus Puerisque...

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Virginibus Puerisque...

by Alan Seeger · English

22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)

Wild Asters

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Wild Asters

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

Youth

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Youth

by Clifford Bax · English

13 July 1886 - 18 November 1962 (~76)

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