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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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“domestic” across the centuries

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dome 1 poem

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced this theme. 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 0 / 57 1700s 2 / 34 1750s 5 / 161 1800s 15 / 683 1850s 13 / 936 1900s 28 / 1115 1950s 1 / 15

Sample poems · click an era above to focus

The Invitation
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The Invitation

by Robert Herrick · English

Robert Herrick portrait

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

A Child To His Sick Grandfather
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A Child To His Sick Grandfather

by Joanna Baillie · English

Joanna Baillie portrait

11 September 1762 - 23 February 1851 (~89)

Breakfast
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Breakfast

by Mary Lamb · English

Mary Lamb portrait

3 December 1764 - 20 May 1847 (~83)

A Wish
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A Wish

by Samuel Rogers · English

Samuel Rogers portrait

30 July 1763 - 18 December 1855 (~92)

In My Cot, Tho' Small's My Store
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In My Cot, Tho' Small's My Store

by Amelia Alderson Opie · English

Amelia Alderson Opie portrait

12 November 1769 - 2 December 1853 (~84)

Saw Ye Johnny Comin
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Saw Ye Johnny Comin

by Joanna Baillie · English

Joanna Baillie portrait

11 September 1762 - 23 February 1851 (~89)

Love in a Life
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Love in a Life

by Robert Browning · English

Robert Browning portrait

7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)

The Visionary
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The Visionary

by Emily Brontë · English

Emily Brontë portrait

30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848 (~30)

The Letter
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The Letter

by Charlotte Brontë · English

Charlotte Brontë portrait

21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855 (~39)

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