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“silence” 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 0 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 2 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 1 / 162 1800s 13 / 683 1850s 19 / 939 1900s 34 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 34 with this theme Show all eras

"The Starry Sky" of Wyndham Lewis
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"The Starry Sky" of Wyndham Lewis

by Mina Loy · English

Mina Loy portrait

27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)

A Song of Five
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A Song of Five

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

A Sphinx
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A Sphinx

by Carl Sandburg · English

Carl Sandburg portrait

6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)

A Woman Wronged
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A Woman Wronged

by Cale Young Rice · English

Cale Young Rice portrait

7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)

Aunt Helen
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Aunt Helen

by T. S. Eliot · English

T. S. Eliot portrait

26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965 (~77)

Beatrice
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Beatrice

by Sara Teasdale · English

Sara Teasdale portrait

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

Broceliande
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Broceliande

by Alan Seeger · English

Alan Seeger portrait

22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)

Dawn
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Dawn

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Dream Tragedies
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Dream Tragedies

by W. H. Davies · English

W. H. Davies portrait

3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)

I Love You
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I Love You

by Sara Teasdale · English

Sara Teasdale portrait

8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)

La Belle Dame Sans Mercy
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La Belle Dame Sans Mercy

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Love's Trappist
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Love's Trappist

by G. K. Chesterton · English

G. K. Chesterton portrait

29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936 (~62)

May Eve
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May Eve

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Mrs. Willow
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Mrs. Willow

by John Drinkwater · English

John Drinkwater portrait

1 June 1882 - 25 March 1937 (~55)

O be my voice, belovèd, or I die
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O be my voice, belovèd, or I die

by William Ellery Leonard · English

William Ellery Leonard portrait

25 January 1876 - 2 May 1944 (~68)

On Talking
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On Talking

by Kahlil Gibran · English

Kahlil Gibran portrait

6 January 1883 - 10 April 1931 (~48)

Osiris
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Osiris

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

Nora Hopper Chesson portrait

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Plotinus
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Plotinus

by Ezra Pound · English

Ezra Pound portrait

30 October 1885 - 1 November 1972 (~87)

Silence
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Silence

by D. H. Lawrence · English

D. H. Lawrence portrait

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Snow
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Snow

by Edward Thomas · English

Edward Thomas portrait

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

The Bathers
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The Bathers

by Hart Crane · English

Hart Crane portrait

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

The Fernery
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The Fernery

by Hart Crane · English

Hart Crane portrait

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

The Green River
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The Green River

by Alfred Douglas · English

Alfred Douglas portrait

22 October 1870 - 20 March 1945 (~75)

The Parsi Woman
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The Parsi Woman

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

Edna St. Vincent Millay portrait

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

The Rear-Guard
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The Rear-Guard

by Siegfried Sassoon · English

Siegfried Sassoon portrait

8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)

The Reed
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The Reed

by Josephine Preston Peabody · English

Josephine Preston Peabody portrait

30 May 1874 - 4 December 1922 (~48)

To Silence
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To Silence

by George Cabot Lodge · English

George Cabot Lodge portrait

10 October 1873 - 21 August 1909 (~36)

Translation
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Translation

by Anne Spencer · English

Anne Spencer portrait

6 February 1882 - 27 July 1975 (~93)

Triad
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Triad

by Adelaide Crapsey · English

Adelaide Crapsey portrait

9 September 1878 - 8 October 1914 (~36)

Velvet Shoes
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Velvet Shoes

by Elinor Wylie · English

Elinor Wylie portrait

7 September 1885 - 16 December 1928 (~43)

Why east wind chills
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Why east wind chills

by Dylan Thomas · English

Dylan Thomas portrait

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

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