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“roman” across the centuries

Related terms Include related catalogue terms in the chart (each poem counted once per era, even if it has several tags).
romantic 178 poems romance 6 poems romani 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 1 / 30 BCE 4 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 90 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 0 / 34 1750s 0 / 163 1800s 0 / 685 1850s 2 / 944 1900s 0 / 1120 1950s 0 / 15

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Animula vagula blandula
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Animula vagula blandula

by Publius Aelius Hadrianus · Latin

Publius Aelius Hadrianus portrait

24 January 76 - 10 July 138 (~62)

Odi et amo
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Odi et amo

by Gaius Valerius Catullus · Latin

Gaius Valerius Catullus portrait

c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC (~30)

Ode IV.1
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Ode IV.1

by Quintus Horatius Flaccus · Latin

Quintus Horatius Flaccus portrait

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

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)

The Steady Fire
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The Steady Fire

by Albius Tibullus · Latin

Albius Tibullus portrait

c. 55 BC - 19 BC (~36)

The Invitation
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The Invitation

by Robert Herrick · English

Robert Herrick portrait

24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)

The Roman Road
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The Roman Road

by Thomas Hardy · English

Thomas Hardy portrait

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)

Horace to Leuconoë
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Horace to Leuconoë

by Edwin Arlington Robinson · English

Edwin Arlington Robinson portrait

22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)

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