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“silence” + silences across the centuries

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

Sample poems · click an era above to focus

Seal up her Eyes, O sleep
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Seal up her Eyes, O sleep

by William Cartwright · English

William Cartwright portrait

1 September 1611 - 29 November 1643 (~32)

The Voice of Cicadas
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The Voice of Cicadas

by Matsuo Bashō · Japanese

Matsuo Bashō portrait

1644 - 28 November 1694 (~50)

Hidden Flame
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Hidden Flame

by John Dryden · English

John Dryden portrait

9 August 1631 - 12 May 1700 (~69)

Speak of the North! A lonely moor
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Speak of the North! A lonely moor

by Charlotte Brontë · English

Charlotte Brontë portrait

21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855 (~39)

When We Two Parted
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When We Two Parted

by Lord Byron · English

Lord Byron portrait

22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)

Oh! breathe not his name
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Oh! breathe not his name

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)

Merops
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Merops

by Ralph Waldo Emerson · English

Ralph Waldo Emerson portrait

25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)

To the River Charles
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To the River Charles

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · English

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait

27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)

The Valley of Silence
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The Valley of Silence

by Fiona Macleod · English

Fiona Macleod portrait

12 September 1855 - 12 December 1905 (~50)

The Princess
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The Princess

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson · Norwegian

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson portrait

8 December 1832 - 26 April 1910 (~78)

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