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“water” + waters across the centuries

Related terms Include related catalogue terms in the chart (each poem counted once per era, even if it has several tags).
waters 2 poems underwater 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 2 / 176 1650s 1 / 57 1700s 2 / 34 1750s 2 / 161 1800s 16 / 683 1850s 19 / 937 1900s 34 / 1115 1950s 0 / 15

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Frog Haiku
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Frog Haiku

by Matsuo Bashō · Japanese

Matsuo Bashō portrait

1644 - 28 November 1694 (~50)

Hope
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Hope

by Joseph Addison · English

Joseph Addison portrait

1 May 1672 - 17 June 1719 (~47)

To a Young Lady
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To a Young Lady

by William Cowper · English

William Cowper portrait

26 November 1731 - 25 April 1800 (~69)

To Leven Water
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To Leven Water

by Tobias George Smollett · English

Tobias George Smollett portrait

c. 19 March 1721 - 17 September 1771 (~50)

The Brook
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The Brook

by Alfred Lord Tennyson · English

Alfred Lord Tennyson portrait

6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)

The Well of St. Keyne
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The Well of St. Keyne

by Robert Southey · English

Robert Southey portrait

12 August 1774 - 21 March 1843 (~69)

The Cloud
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The Cloud

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · English

Percy Bysshe Shelley portrait

4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822 (~30)

A Complaint
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A Complaint

by William Wordsworth · English

William Wordsworth portrait

7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)

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