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“music” 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 / 29 BCE 1 / 12 1500s 1 / 10 1550s 8 / 90 1600s 16 / 176 1650s 1 / 58 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 18 / 684 1850s 16 / 941 1900s 38 / 1119 1950s 0 / 15

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

At that hour when all things have repose

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At that hour when all things have repose

by James Joyce · English

2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)

Ceol-Sidhe

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Ceol-Sidhe

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

City Trees

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City Trees

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Conjured

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Conjured

by Robert Nathaniel Dett · English

11 October 1882 - 2 October 1943 (~61)

Ere Elfish Night Shall Sift Another Day

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Ere Elfish Night Shall Sift Another Day

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

For True Music

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For True Music

by George O'Neil · English

13 September 1896 - 23 May 1940 (~44)

In the dark pine-wood

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In the dark pine-wood

by James Joyce · English

2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)

Incredible!

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Incredible!

by Cale Young Rice · English

7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)

Lachrymae Christi

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Lachrymae Christi

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

Lean out of the window

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Lean out of the window

by James Joyce · English

2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)

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)

Love's Inspiration

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Love's Inspiration

by W. H. Davies · English

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

Music

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Music

by Amy Lowell · English

9 February 1874 - 12 May 1925 (~51)

Music I Heard

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Music I Heard

by Conrad Aiken · English

5 August 1889 - 17 August 1973 (~84)

Natural Music

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Natural Music

by Robinson Jeffers · English

10 January 1887 - 20 January 1962 (~75)

Over the Hills and Far Away

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Over the Hills and Far Away

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Pavlovna in London

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Pavlovna in London

by James Elroy Flecker · English

5 November 1884 - 3 January 1915 (~31)

Query—A Musician speaks

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Query—A Musician speaks

by Edna Wahlert McCourt · English

19 July 1887 - 4 January 1963 (~76)

Rain Music

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Rain Music

by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. · English

2 September 1895 - 3 February 1919 (~24)

Read history

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Read history

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

Return

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Return

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Strings in the earth and air

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Strings in the earth and air

by James Joyce · English

2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)

The Dying Philosopher to His Fiddler

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The Dying Philosopher to His Fiddler

by John Drinkwater · English

1 June 1882 - 25 March 1937 (~55)

The Fairy Music

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The Fairy Music

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

The Faun

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The Faun

by Patrick Reginald Chalmers · English

27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)

The Green River

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The Green River

by Alfred Douglas · English

22 October 1870 - 20 March 1945 (~75)

The Lyre

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The Lyre

by Alice Corbin · English

16 April 1881 - 18 July 1949 (~68)

The Mouth-Organ

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The Mouth-Organ

by Cicely Fox Smith · English

1 February 1882 - 8 April 1954 (~72)

The Reed

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The Reed

by Josephine Preston Peabody · English

30 May 1874 - 4 December 1922 (~48)

The spire cranes

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The spire cranes

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

The Strange Music

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The Strange Music

by G. K. Chesterton · English

29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936 (~62)

The Vagrant

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The Vagrant

by Mary Webb · English

25 March 1881 - 8 October 1927 (~46)

The Weary Blues

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The Weary Blues

by Langston Hughes · English

1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)

The Widow's Jazz

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The Widow's Jazz

by Mina Loy · English

27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)

Time cannot be worn

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Time cannot be worn

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

Yield but thy love to me

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Yield but thy love to me

by Robert Nathaniel Dett · English

11 October 1882 - 2 October 1943 (~61)

You Make Me Think of Lavender

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You Make Me Think of Lavender

by Ford Madox Hueffer · English

17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)

Your pain shall be a music

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Your pain shall be a music

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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