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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“consciousness” + conscious across the centuries

Related terms Include related catalogue terms in the chart (each poem counted once per era, even if it has several tags).
conscious 2 poems

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced any of these terms. Click an era to focus the poem list below.

pre-1500 0 / 28 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 0 / 89 1600s 0 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 1 / 161 1800s 18 / 683 1850s 20 / 937 1900s 24 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

Sample poems · click an era above to focus

Life
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Life

by Anna Lætitia Barbauld · English

Anna Lætitia Barbauld portrait

20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)

Alone
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Alone

by Edgar Allan Poe · English

Edgar Allan Poe portrait

19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849 (~40)

To Sleep
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To Sleep

by John Keats · English

John Keats portrait

31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)

For thee alone
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For thee alone

by Thomas Moore · English

Thomas Moore portrait

28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)

Silence
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Silence

by Thomas Hood · English

Thomas Hood portrait

23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)

The Sphinx
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The Sphinx

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · English

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

The Day's Ration
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The Day's Ration

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · English

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

After Death
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After Death

by Christina Rossetti · English

Christina Rossetti portrait

5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died
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I heard a Fly buzz - when I died

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

Be still, my soul
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Be still, my soul

by A.E.Housman · English

A.E.Housman portrait

26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)

The Lonely House
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The Lonely House

by Emily Dickinson · English

Emily Dickinson portrait

10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)

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