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“freedom” across the centuries

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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 / 30 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 91 1600s 1 / 177 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 2 / 35 1750s 2 / 164 1800s 10 / 687 1850s 17 / 946 1900s 14 / 1123 1950s 2 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 14 with this theme Show all eras

Epitaph
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Epitaph

by Lascelles Abercrombie · English

Lascelles Abercrombie portrait

9 January 1881 - 27 October 1938 (~57)

Hoppity
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Hoppity

by A. A. Milne · English

A. A. Milne portrait

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

Hurt Hawks
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Hurt Hawks

by Robinson Jeffers · English

Robinson Jeffers portrait

10 January 1887 - 20 January 1962 (~75)

If I have suffered pain
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If I have suffered pain

by Charles Sorley · English

Charles Sorley portrait

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

If I Were King
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If I Were King

by A. A. Milne · English

A. A. Milne portrait

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

Life is Jolly
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Life is Jolly

by W. H. Davies · English

W. H. Davies portrait

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

Love is a Terrible Thing
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Love is a Terrible Thing

by Grace Fallow Norton · English

Grace Fallow Norton portrait

29 October 1876 - 1926 (~50)

Meditations of a Negro's Mind, I
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Meditations of a Negro's Mind, I

by Charles Frederick White · English

Charles Frederick White portrait

1876 - 1955 (~79)

Portrait by a Neighbour
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Portrait by a Neighbour

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

The Mad Woman
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The Mad Woman

by Orrick Johns · English

Orrick Johns portrait

2 June 1887 - 8 July 1946 (~59)

Travel
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Travel

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Wages
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Wages

by D. H. Lawrence · English

D. H. Lawrence portrait

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

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