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“religious” 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 6 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 2 / 34 1750s 10 / 161 1800s 16 / 683 1850s 40 / 937 1900s 17 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 17 with this theme Show all eras

A Hymn for the Church Militant

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A Hymn for the Church Militant

by G. K. Chesterton · English

29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936 (~62)

A religion

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A religion

by Gertrude Stein · English

3 February 1874 - 27 July 1946 (~72)

Aid of the Madonna

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Aid of the Madonna

by Mina Loy · English

27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)

Chapter Heading

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Chapter Heading

by Ernest Hemingway · English

21 July 1899 - 2 July 1961 (~62)

Dread

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Dread

by J.M. Synge · English

16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909 (~38)

I Went Down Into the Desert

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I Went Down Into the Desert

by Vachel Lindsay · English

10 November 1879 - 5 December 1931 (~52)

It is the sinners’ dust-tongued bell

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It is the sinners’ dust-tongued bell

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Jesus to His Deciples

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Jesus to His Deciples

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

On Prayer

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On Prayer

by Kahlil Gibran · English

6 January 1883 - 10 April 1931 (~48)

Religion

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Religion

by Paul Laurence Dunbar · English

27 June 1872 - 9 February 1906 (~34)

The Deluge

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The Deluge

by G. K. Chesterton · English

29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936 (~62)

The Hippopotamus

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The Hippopotamus

by T. S. Eliot · English

26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965 (~77)

The neophyte, baptized in smiles

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The neophyte, baptized in smiles

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

The Shrine of Shrines

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The Shrine of Shrines

by Cale Young Rice · English

7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)

The sun burns the morning

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The sun burns the morning

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

There Shall be More Joy

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There Shall be More Joy

by Ford Madox Hueffer · English

17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)

Twelve

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Twelve

by Dylan Thomas · English

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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