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concept/disillusionment
27 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Year That Trembled and Reel’d Beneath Me
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/disillusionment
concept/war_and_its_cost
form/dirge
motif/music_and_song
Jul 24, 2026
WORK WITHOUT HOPE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/sonnet
concept/melancholy
concept/creative_sterility
concept/disillusionment
motif/nature
motif/spring
motif/winter
motif/flowers
concept/alienation
Jul 24, 2026
War and its Cost · American Civil War · Battlefield
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/swords_weapons
motif/death
topos/war_as_glory
histref/american_civil_war
archetype/hero
setting/the_battlefield
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/paradox
concept/self_and_soul
archetype/martyr
concept/mortality
concept/disillusionment
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/identity
motif/crown
form/narrative_poem
concept/immortality
concept/death
form/letter
motif/fire
motif/clothing
topos/the_last_stand
concept/honour
Jul 24, 2026
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
form/verse_drama
form/tragicomedy
form/satire
form/blank_verse
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/honour
concept/disillusionment
concept/lust
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/satire_of_society
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/deception
topos/love_as_war
topos/war_as_glory
topos/tempus_fugit
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/hero
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/prophet
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
motif/time
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
setting/the_battlefield
character/odysseus
character/troilus
character/cressida
character/hector
character/achilles
character/ulysses
character/pandarus
character/ajax
character/thersites
character/agamemnon
Jul 24, 2026
THE TASTE OF THE TIMES
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/disillusionment
Jul 24, 2026
THE PANG MORE SHARP THAN ALL: AN ALLEGORY
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/allegory
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/imagination
concept/disillusionment
motif/the_mirror
histref/arthurian_legend
archetype/child
motif/flowers
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Knew Too Much
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/justice
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/disillusionment
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
archetype/detective
archetype/corrupt_official
character/horne_fisher
character/harold_march
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/last_stand
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/silence
motif/well
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/swords_and_weapons
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/martyr_saint
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/alienation
concept/disillusionment
concept/self_and_soul
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
form/dramatic_monologue
form/free_verse
motif/time
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/the_sea
setting/the_modern_metropolis
character/hamlet
archetype/antihero
histref/dante
character/j_alfred_prufrock
Jul 24, 2026
THE IMPROVISATORE OR, JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO, JOHN
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/transience
concept/disillusionment
motif/rose
motif/flowers
concept/sin_and_the_fall
Jul 24, 2026
The Happiest Day
graph/work
author/poe
concept/disillusionment
concept/transience
concept/pride
concept/melancholy
concept/ambition
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/vanitas
motif/memory
motif/time
concept/nostalgia
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The Conqueror Worm
graph/work
author/poe
topos/theatrum_mundi
concept/mortality
motif/death
concept/madness
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/disillusionment
topos/eternal_return
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The Chimes
graph/work
author/dickens
concept/social_injustice
concept/poverty
concept/the_common_man
concept/satire_of_society
concept/disillusionment
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/memory_and_time
motif/bells
motif/time
motif/the_supernatural
motif/dreams
motif/wind
archetype/ghost
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
setting/london
histref/victorian_england
character/trotty_veck
character/meg_veck
character/richard
character/alderman_cute
character/will_fern
character/lilian_fern
Jul 24, 2026
Sleep · Sleeper Awakes · Resurrection
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
motif/death
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/sleep
concept/mortality
motif/dawn
form/letter
motif/flowers
motif/moon
concept/immortality
form/elegy
motif/the_grave
motif/the_sea
concept/friendship
concept/faith
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
motif/spring
concept/death
motif/dreams
motif/birds
concept/resurrection
motif/memory
concept/disillusionment
motif/stars
concept/self_and_soul
motif/the_journey
Jul 24, 2026
Robert Louis Stevenson
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
form/literary_criticism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/joy
concept/imagination
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/heroism
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/disillusionment
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_double
motif/childhood
motif/nightingale
motif/the_journey
histref/christianity
histref/puritanism
setting/scotland
archetype/double_doppelganger
character/long_john_silver
character/jim_hawkins
character/alan_breck_stewart
character/david_balfour
character/jekyll_and_hyde
character/james_durie_master_of_ballantrae
character/henry_durie
character/ephraim_mackellar
character/weir_of_hermiston
character/attwater
character/huish
character/loudon_dodd
character/prince_florizel_of_bohemia
character/skelt
concept/courage
concept/conscience
concept/creativity_and_artistic_labor
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/nostalgia
concept/vanity
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/mortality
concept/identity
concept/optimism_and_pessimism
topos/quest
topos/golden_age
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/light_and_dark
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/disease_and_contagion
motif/toy_theatre
setting/paris
setting/america
setting/london
setting/edinburgh
setting/south_seas_pacific_islands
archetype/child
archetype/shadow
archetype/artist
archetype/quest_hero
form/essay
form/gothic_novel
form/historical_novel
form/detective_fiction
histref/aestheticism_and_the_decadent_movement
Jul 24, 2026
A Defence of Rash Vows
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/identity
concept/self_and_soul
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/disillusionment
concept/heroism
concept/love_romantic
topos/love_as_religion
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/paradox
concept/honour
topos/quest
motif/chains
motif/ship_2
form/apologetics
histref/crusades
Jul 24, 2026
PRUFROCK and Other Observations 1917
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/alienation
concept/disillusionment
form/dramatic_monologue
form/free_verse
setting/the_modern_metropolis
motif/fog_and_smoke
Jul 24, 2026
ORIGINAL POETRY.
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/liberty
histref/the_french_revolution
concept/disillusionment
concept/war_and_its_cost
form/ode
Jul 24, 2026
Nocturne
graph/work
author/eliot
form/sonnet
form/parody
concept/love_romantic
concept/disillusionment
motif/moon
motif/blood
motif/night
concept/satire_of_society
Jul 24, 2026
NATURE’S ANSWER
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/conscience
concept/guilt
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/mortality
concept/disillusionment
form/epigram
Jul 24, 2026
FRANCE: AN ODE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ode
concept/liberty
concept/disillusionment
histref/the_french_revolution
concept/the_sublime
motif/nature
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
Jul 24, 2026
FAREWELL TO LOVE
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/love_romantic
concept/disillusionment
concept/imagination
concept/melancholy
archetype/lover
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Eldorado
graph/work
author/poe
concept/the_quest_concept
concept/disillusionment
concept/mortality
concept/ambition
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_journey
motif/money_gold
motif/moon
motif/death
form/ballad
form/allegory
setting/the_underworld
Jul 24, 2026
CONSTANCY TO AN IDEAL OBJECT
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/imagination
concept/unrequited_love
concept/transience
concept/exile
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
concept/self_and_soul
concept/disillusionment
Jul 24, 2026
The Aristocrat
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/lyric
concept/temptation
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/pride
concept/disillusionment
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/paradise_lost
archetype/satanic_figure
motif/masks_disguise
motif/money_gold
character/satan
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/deception
concept/satire_of_society
concept/sin_and_the_fall
topos/contemptus_mundi
motif/great_house
motif/serpent_snake
motif/birds
archetype/trickster
form/satire
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
ARGUMENT.
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/liberty
histref/the_french_revolution
concept/disillusionment
motif/nature
concept/faith
Jul 24, 2026
A Cooking Egg
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/disillusionment
concept/nostalgia
motif/money_gold
concept/satire_of_society
concept/innocence_and_experience
motif/food_feasting
Jul 24, 2026
2 HENRY IV
graph/work
concept/history
author/shakespeare
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/memento_mori
archetype/fool
archetype/king
archetype/rebel
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/time
motif/death
motif/crown
motif/madness
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/mortality
concept/conscience
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/disillusionment
concept/childhood_and_growth
form/history_play
form/blank_verse
form/verse_drama
setting/the_court
setting/an_inn
histref/medieval_england
character/falstaff
character/henry_iv
character/prince_hal
character/earl_of_northumberland
character/lord_chief_justice
character/justice_shallow
character/doll_tearsheet
character/mistress_quickly
character/prince_john