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“wealth” 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 / 30 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 90 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 1 / 35 1750s 2 / 163 1800s 5 / 686 1850s 6 / 945 1900s 4 / 1123 1950s 1 / 15

Poems in 1900s · 4 with this theme Show all eras

Paper and sticks
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Paper and sticks

by Dylan Thomas · English

Dylan Thomas portrait

27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)

Poverty
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Poverty

by D. H. Lawrence · English

D. H. Lawrence portrait

11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)

Rich or Poor
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Rich or Poor

by Edgar A. Guest · English

Edgar A. Guest portrait

20 August 1881 - 5 August 1959 (~78)

The Rich Man
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The Rich Man

by Franklin P. Adams · English

Franklin P. Adams portrait

15 November 1881 - 23 March 1960 (~79)

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