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“bird” 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 0 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 1 / 89 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 3 / 162 1800s 20 / 683 1850s 32 / 939 1900s 19 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 19 with this theme Show all eras

A Maiden

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A Maiden

by Sara Teasdale · English

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Kill Money

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Kill Money

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

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 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 Titmouse

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The Titmouse

by Walter de la Mare · English

25 April 1873 - 22 June 1956 (~83)

The Yellow Bittern

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The Yellow Bittern

by Thomas MacDonagh · English

1 February 1878 - 3 May 1916 (~38)

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)

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