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“dead” 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 1 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 1 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 3 / 162 1800s 26 / 683 1850s 47 / 939 1900s 41 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 41 with this theme Show all eras

A Dead Girl To Her Lover

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A Dead Girl To Her Lover

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

A Woman Wronged

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A Woman Wronged

by Cale Young Rice · English

7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)

And death shall have no dominion

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And death shall have no dominion

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Anthem for Doomed Youth

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Anthem for Doomed Youth

by Wilfred Owen · English

18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918 (~25)

Bill

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Bill

by John Masefield · English

1 June 1878 - 12 May 1967 (~89)

Cherry Robbers

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Cherry Robbers

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Cornish Lament

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Cornish Lament

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Dead Man's Dump

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Dead Man's Dump

by Isaac Rosenberg · English

25 November 1890 - 1 April 1918 (~28)

Dirge

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Dirge

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

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)

Elegy before Death

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Elegy before Death

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Fire and Snow

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Fire and Snow

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Ghosts

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Ghosts

by Joseph Campbell · English

15 July 1879 - 6 June 1944 (~65)

Glory of Women

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Glory of Women

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

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)

Here lie the beasts

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Here lie the beasts

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields

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I dreamed I moved among the Elysian fields

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

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)

In Flanders Fields

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In Flanders Fields

by John McCrae · English

30 November 1872 - 28 January 1918 (~46)

Let it be known

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Let it be known

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Montparnasse

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Montparnasse

by Ernest Hemingway · English

21 July 1899 - 2 July 1961 (~62)

My World Is Pyramid

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My World Is Pyramid

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Nostalgia

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Nostalgia

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Rain

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Rain

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

Sinking of the Mendi

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Sinking of the Mendi

by S.E.K. Mqhayi · Xhosa

1 December 1875 - 29 July 1945 (~70)

The Cuckoo

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The Cuckoo

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

The Dead

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The Dead

by Mina Loy · English

27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)

The Dead-Beat

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The Dead-Beat

by Wilfred Owen · English

18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918 (~25)

The East Wind

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The East Wind

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

The General

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The General

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The Ghouls

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The Ghouls

by Helen Hamilton · English

12 March 1882 - 7 November 1954 (~72)

The Rear-Guard

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The Rear-Guard

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The Road

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The Road

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The tombstone told when she died

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The tombstone told when she died

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

The Too-Late Born

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The Too-Late Born

by Archibald MacLeish · English

7 May 1892 - 20 April 1982 (~90)

The Woman Speaks

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The Woman Speaks

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Too long, skeleton

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Too long, skeleton

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Twilight

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Twilight

by John Masefield · English

1 June 1878 - 12 May 1967 (~89)

When we that wore the myrtle wear the dust

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When we that wore the myrtle wear the dust

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

When you see millions of the mouthless dead

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When you see millions of the mouthless dead

by Charles Sorley · English

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

You are the ruler of this realm of flesh

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You are the ruler of this realm of flesh

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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