Theme Timeline

Pick a theme and see how often it shows up across 50-year cohorts of V2Melody poets. Bars are normalised so small cohorts don't get drowned out by large ones.

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“sound” 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 1 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 2 / 57 1700s 1 / 34 1750s 1 / 161 1800s 12 / 683 1850s 21 / 937 1900s 24 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 24 with this theme Show all eras

A Word

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A Word

by Harold Monro · English

14 March 1879 - 16 March 1932 (~53)

Bei Hennef

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Bei Hennef

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Broceliande

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Broceliande

by Alan Seeger · English

22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)

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)

Corner-of-the-Street

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Corner-of-the-Street

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

Dawn

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Dawn

by Nora Hopper Chesson · English

2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)

Der Blinde Junge

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Der Blinde Junge

by Mina Loy · English

27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)

Elegy

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Elegy

by Edna St. Vincent Millay · English

22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)

For True Music

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For True Music

by George O'Neil · English

13 September 1896 - 23 May 1940 (~44)

Love

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Love

by Humbert Wolfe · English

5 January 1885 - 5 January 1940 (~55)

Monotone

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Monotone

by Carl Sandburg · English

6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)

November Night

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November Night

by Adelaide Crapsey · English

9 September 1878 - 8 October 1914 (~36)

Rain Music

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Rain Music

by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. · English

2 September 1895 - 3 February 1919 (~24)

Repose of Rivers

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Repose of Rivers

by Hart Crane · English

21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)

Rooks

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Rooks

by Charles Sorley · English

19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)

Sight

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Sight

by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson · English

2 June 1878 - 26 May 1962 (~84)

Silence

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Silence

by D. H. Lawrence · English

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

The Child on the Cliffs

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The Child on the Cliffs

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

The Cuckoo

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The Cuckoo

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

The Owl

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The Owl

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

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)

The Word

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The Word

by Edward Thomas · English

3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)

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