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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— none — world life love death beauty nature self social beloved divine memory desire spiritual heart grief power romantic suffering woman light soul dead loss body pain wind philosophical music voice landscape hope religious sorrow spring flowers children faith bird water rose mortality silence lover domestic presence childhood sound earth past consciousness truth women dream flower irish garden mind rain summer lovers

“flower” across the centuries

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flowers 82 poems flow 3 poems lower 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 / 29 BCE 0 / 12 1500s 1 / 10 1550s 0 / 90 1600s 5 / 176 1650s 1 / 58 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 5 / 163 1800s 13 / 685 1850s 22 / 943 1900s 11 / 1120 1950s 0 / 15

Sample poems · click an era above to focus

Time
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Time

by Sir Thomas More · English

Sir Thomas More portrait

7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535 (~57)

To the Virgins, to make much of Time
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To the Virgins, to make much of Time

by Robert Herrick · English

Robert Herrick portrait

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

The Blossome
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The Blossome

by John Donne · English

John Donne portrait

1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)

To the Rose
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To the Rose

by Robert Herrick · English

Robert Herrick portrait

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

The Primrose
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The Primrose

by Robert Herrick · English

Robert Herrick portrait

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

A Rose
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A Rose

by Sir Richard Fanshawe · English

Sir Richard Fanshawe portrait

12 June 1608 - June 1666 (~58)

A Drop of Dew
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A Drop of Dew

by Andrew Marvell · English

Andrew Marvell portrait

31 March 1621 - 16 August 1678 (~57)

Envy
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Envy

by Mary Lamb · English

Mary Lamb portrait

3 December 1764 - 20 May 1847 (~83)

The Wild Honey Suckle
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The Wild Honey Suckle

by Philip Freneau · English

Philip Freneau portrait

2 January 1752 - 18 December 1832 (~80)

My Pretty Rose Tree
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My Pretty Rose Tree

by William Blake · English

William Blake portrait

28 November 1757 - 12 August 1827 (~70)

Thou whom chance may hither lead
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Thou whom chance may hither lead

by Robert Burns · English

Robert Burns portrait

25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)

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