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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“mind” + reminder across the centuries

Related terms Include related catalogue terms in the chart (each poem counted once per era, even if it has several tags).
reminder 1 poem unmindful 1 poem

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 1 / 28 BCE 1 / 12 1500s 0 / 9 1550s 3 / 89 1600s 2 / 176 1650s 0 / 57 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 6 / 162 1800s 17 / 683 1850s 10 / 939 1900s 15 / 1115 1950s 1 / 15

Sample poems · click an era above to focus

Upon a Dead Man's Head
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Upon a Dead Man's Head

by John Skelton · English

John Skelton portrait

c. 1460 - 21 June 1529 (~69)

Ode II.11
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Ode II.11

by Quintus Horatius Flaccus · Latin

Quintus Horatius Flaccus portrait

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Men call you fayre
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Men call you fayre

by Edmund Spenser · English

Edmund Spenser portrait

c. 1552 - 13 January 1599 (~47)

Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

by Barnabe Googe · English

Barnabe Googe portrait

11 June 1540 - February 1594 (~54)

Fancy, Farewell
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Fancy, Farewell

by Sir Edward Dyer · English

Sir Edward Dyer portrait

c. October 1543 - 11 May 1607 (~64)

On Tea
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On Tea

by Edmund Waller · English

Edmund Waller portrait

3 March 1606 - 21 October 1687 (~81)

The Dreame
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The Dreame

by Ben Jonson · English

Ben Jonson portrait

c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637 (~65)

Envy
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Envy

by Mary Lamb · English

Mary Lamb portrait

3 December 1764 - 20 May 1847 (~83)

Milton, In Age
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Milton, In Age

by William Lisle Bowles · English

William Lisle Bowles portrait

24 September 1762 - 7 April 1850 (~88)

The Mouse's Petition
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The Mouse's Petition

by Anna Lætitia Barbauld · English

Anna Lætitia Barbauld portrait

20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)

An Hymn to the Evening
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An Hymn to the Evening

by Phillis Wheatley · English

Phillis Wheatley portrait

c. 1753 - 5 December 1784 (~31)

What Is Love?
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What Is Love?

by Thomas Paine · English

Thomas Paine portrait

9 February 1737 - 8 June 1809 (~72)

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