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46 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
The Higher Unity
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/satire
form/ballad
concept/satire_of_society
concept/faith
histref/christianity
concept/martyrdom
character/isaiah_bunter
concept/union
concept/fanaticism
concept/paradox
topos/world_upside_down
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/cannibalism
setting/solomon_islands
archetype/martyr_saint
form/epigram
form/comic_verse_song
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
histref/kikuyu_controversy
Jul 24, 2026
Ulalume
graph/work
author/poe
topos/night_journey
topos/memento_mori
motif/death
motif/the_grave
motif/autumn
motif/stars
motif/memory
motif/the_supernatural
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/mortality
concept/melancholy
concept/memory_and_time
form/ballad
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
A Ballade of Theatricals
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/ballad
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/mortality
concept/heroism
motif/death
motif/masks_disguise
concept/truth
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
topos/memento_mori
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/all_the_world_s_a_stage
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/clothing_and_costume
histref/titanic_disaster_1912
Jul 24, 2026
THE TWO ROUND SPACES ON THE TOMBSTONE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/satire
concept/the_grotesque
concept/satire_of_society
archetype/satanic_figure
character/satan
motif/the_grave
motif/winter
motif/the_supernatural
Jul 24, 2026
THE THREE GRAVES
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/jealousy
concept/guilt
motif/the_supernatural
form/ballad
motif/the_grave
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
form/fragment
Jul 24, 2026
The Song of the Wheels
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
concept/class_conflict
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/social_injustice
concept/poverty
concept/power_and_corruption
archetype/rebel
archetype/tyrant
motif/the_wheel
motif/money_gold
motif/garden
character/king_dives
concept/labor_and_work
concept/greed_and_money
motif/machine
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/satanic_figure
histref/bible
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/guilt
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_sea
motif/birds
archetype/outcast_wanderer
topos/the_quest
concept/providence
character/death_personified
setting/a_ship
character/ancient_mariner
Jul 24, 2026
THE RASH CONJURER
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/the_grotesque
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/satire_of_society
motif/the_supernatural
motif/fire
motif/lamb
archetype/satanic_figure
character/satan
setting/the_underworld
form/ballad
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
THE RAVEN
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/revenge
form/ballad
motif/birds
motif/death
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
character/death_personified
Jul 24, 2026
THE MAD MONK
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
concept/madness
concept/guilt
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/madness
motif/blood
motif/the_grave
archetype/outcast_wanderer
concept/unrequited_love
Jul 24, 2026
THE DEVIL’S THOUGHTS
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/social_injustice
concept/the_grotesque
archetype/satanic_figure
character/satan
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/good_vs_evil
histref/the_bible
Jul 24, 2026
The Ballad of the White Horse
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/faith
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
topos/the_quest
motif/horse
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_supernatural
motif/blood
motif/the_battlefield_image
form/epic
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
histref/king_alfred
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/danish_invasions
histref/christianity
histref/norse_myth
histref/medieval_england
setting/the_battlefield
archetype/king
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
character/king_alfred
character/the_virgin_mary
character/guthrum
character/colan
character/eldred
character/mark_of_italy
character/elf
character/ogier
character/harold
character/gorlias
concept/hope
concept/conversion
motif/fire
motif/sea
motif/music_and_song
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/rural_england
archetype/great_mother
Jul 24, 2026
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
topos/memento_mori
topos/dance_of_death
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/scapegoat
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/martyr
motif/death
motif/blood
motif/the_grave
motif/the_cross
motif/rose
motif/white_and_red
motif/the_clock
motif/bells
motif/dawn
motif/the_supernatural
concept/mortality
concept/guilt
concept/mercy
concept/justice
concept/social_injustice
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/martyrdom
concept/conscience
concept/alienation
concept/terror_and_horror
form/ballad
form/elegy
form/lyric
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/victorian_england
character/christ
character/death_personified
Jul 24, 2026
THE BALLAD OF THE DARK LADIÉ
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
concept/unrequited_love
archetype/fallen_woman
concept/deception
concept/love_romantic
setting/the_castle
form/fragment
Jul 24, 2026
A Ballade of Suicide
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/mortality
concept/joy
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
topos/carpe_diem
form/ballad
form/lyric
concept/satire_of_society
concept/despair
concept/suicide
motif/gallows
form/comic_verse_song
histref/french_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
STOLBERG
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/heroism
archetype/hero
archetype/rebel
concept/providence
motif/blood
form/ballad
Jul 24, 2026
Song: The stranger lighted from his steed
graph/work
author/keats
form/song
form/ballad
concept/desire
concept/love_romantic
topos/love_as_religion
motif/rose
Jul 24, 2026
The Secret People
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/the_common_man
concept/social_injustice
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
histref/the_reformation
histref/napoleonic_wars
motif/silence
setting/rural_england
concept/poverty
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
topos/fortune_s_wheel
topos/war_as_glory
motif/chains
motif/crown
motif/blood
motif/ruins_the_abbey
motif/money_and_gold
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/king
histref/wars_of_the_roses
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/english_civil_war
Jul 24, 2026
ROBIN HOOD
graph/work
concept/economics
author/keats
concept/nostalgia
character/robin_hood
topos/ubi_sunt
concept/anti_industrialism
motif/money_gold
histref/medieval_england
form/ballad
topos/golden_age
Jul 24, 2026
The Rolling English Road
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/ballad
topos/the_open_road
motif/the_road
motif/wine_and_drink
concept/mortality
motif/the_inn_tavern
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
setting/rural_england
concept/joy
concept/resignation
concept/forgiveness
concept/heaven_and_the_afterlife
concept/nostalgia
concept/order_vs_chaos
topos/memento_mori
motif/flowers
motif/rose
motif/grave
archetype/common_man_2
histref/ancient_rome
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/battle_of_bannockburn
Jul 24, 2026
RECANTATION
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/fable
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/madness
motif/madness
motif/animals
topos/world_upside_down
concept/power_and_corruption
Jul 24, 2026
Poems
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author/chesterton
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concept/faith
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/love_romantic
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/joy
topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
topos/immortality_through_verse
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_sea
motif/the_cross
histref/battle_of_lepanto
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
character/don_john_of_austria
character/christ
character/don_quixote
character/cervantes
character/f_e_smith
character/walter_long
concept/doubt
concept/satire_of_society
concept/social_injustice
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/heroism
concept/christmas_and_the_nativity
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/life_as_a_battle
topos/memento_mori
motif/stars
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/wheel
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_and_gold
setting/sea_2
setting/battlefield
setting/italy
setting/london
setting/rural_england
setting/orient
setting/mountains
setting/ship
archetype/hero
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/tyrant
archetype/corrupt_official
form/sonnet
form/ode
form/satire
form/translation
form/comic_verse_song
form/verse_epistle
histref/islam
histref/crusades
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/king_alfred
histref/reformation
histref/wars_of_the_roses
Jul 24, 2026
The Old Song
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
motif/horse
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
histref/the_bible
setting/london
character/robin_hood
character/cobbett
concept/apocalypse
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/world_upside_down
motif/storm
motif/lightning
motif/machine
setting/rural_england
archetype/avenger
archetype/poet_as_prophet_2
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/luddite_movement
Jul 24, 2026
The Song of the Oak
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/allegory
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/distributism
motif/nature
motif/blood
concept/critique_of_progress
character/lord_ivywood
character/king_charles_ii
character/collingwood
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/natural_order
concept/regeneration
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/seed_and_germination
motif/decay
motif/sea
motif/ship_2
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/rural_england
archetype/villain
archetype/king
form/comic_verse_song
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/english_civil_war
histref/druidic_paganism
Jul 24, 2026
O Captain! My Captain!
graph/work
author/whitman
form/elegy
form/ballad
concept/grief_and_loss
character/abraham_lincoln
motif/a_ship
motif/blood
motif/bells
archetype/martyr
concept/mortality
Jul 24, 2026
Meg Merrilies
graph/work
author/keats
form/ballad
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/crone
motif/nature
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/alienation
motif/flowers
Jul 24, 2026
LOVE
graph/work
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form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/love_romantic
concept/unrequited_love
concept/madness
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
motif/music_and_song
motif/ruins
motif/moon
archetype/lover
Jul 24, 2026
Lepanto
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histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
character/don_john_of_austria
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topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
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concept/war_and_its_cost
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motif/the_cross
motif/the_sea
motif/swords_weapons
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character/ariel
character/michael
character/cervantes
character/mahound
character/the_pope
character/king_philip
character/soldan_of_byzantium
concept/slavery
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/quest
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/blood
motif/prison
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/orient
archetype/tyrant
histref/islam
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
The Last Hero
graph/work
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form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
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concept/mortality
concept/joy
concept/love_romantic
motif/storm
motif/wind
motif/blood
motif/swords_weapons
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/paradox
concept/death_and_love
topos/love_death_liebestod
topos/war_as_glory
motif/stars
motif/sun
motif/rain
setting/battlefield
archetype/christ_figure
form/dramatic_monologue
Jul 24, 2026
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
graph/work
author/keats
form/ballad
archetype/femme_fatale
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
concept/unrequited_love
motif/dreams
motif/the_supernatural
motif/seasons
motif/rose
concept/temptation
histref/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
Jealousy
graph/work
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form/ballad
form/song
histref/catholic_church
histref/christianity
concept/faith
concept/satire_of_society
character/joan_la_pucelle
character/sir_arthur_conan_doyle
character/dennis_bradley
concept/jealousy
concept/doubt
concept/conversion
topos/war_as_glory
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/ancient_rome_2
archetype/great_mother
form/mock_epic
histref/islam
histref/dante
histref/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
The Song Against Grocers
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/satire_of_society
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
concept/distributism
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/food_feasting
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/money_gold
setting/an_inn
topos/beatus_ille
form/song
form/ballad
form/satire
concept/deception
concept/greed_and_money
topos/memento_mori
motif/poison
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
FIRST DRAFTS, EARLY VERSIONS, ETC.
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
form/ode
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_sea
motif/a_ship
motif/ghosts
concept/guilt
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/imagination
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/memory
concept/love_romantic
concept/the_sublime
archetype/outcast_wanderer
setting/a_ship
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/slavery
histref/american_civil_war
motif/flags_banners
archetype/crone
setting/the_american_south
form/ballad
concept/social_injustice
Jul 24, 2026
Eldorado
graph/work
author/poe
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concept/mortality
concept/ambition
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
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archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_journey
motif/money_gold
motif/moon
motif/death
form/ballad
form/allegory
setting/the_underworld
Jul 24, 2026
The Deluge
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/faith
histref/the_bible
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/wine_and_drink
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/humility
form/lyric
form/ballad
concept/courage
concept/apocalypse
concept/sublime
concept/providence
concept/wonder_and_terror
topos/last_stand
topos/sublime_in_nature
motif/swords_and_weapons
archetype/common_man_2
Jul 24, 2026
BARON GUELPH OF ADELSTAN. A FRAGMENT
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
topos/pastoral_retreat
setting/the_court
setting/pastoral_countryside
motif/spring
Jul 24, 2026
Ballad of St Barbara
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
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form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
topos/the_last_stand
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archetype/tyrant
motif/the_window
motif/swords_weapons
motif/blood
motif/light_and_dark
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/christianity
setting/the_battlefield
setting/paris
character/barbara_st_barbara
character/caesar
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/providence
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/war_as_glory
motif/lightning
motif/chains
motif/flags_and_banners
setting/africa
archetype/christ_figure
histref/ancient_rome
histref/greek_mythology
histref/battle_of_the_marne
Jul 24, 2026
BalladStBarbara
graph/work
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concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
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concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
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concept/distributism
concept/social_injustice
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
topos/ubi_sunt
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/the_last_stand
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
character/christ
character/herod_antipas
character/lazarus_the_risen_man
character/king_arthur
character/barbara
concept/conversion
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/greed_and_money
topos/memento_mori
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
motif/window
motif/bells
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/money_and_gold
motif/horse
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/dragon
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/desert
setting/medieval_england_2
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
form/sonnet
form/elegy
form/satire
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/french_revolution
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/british_empire
Jul 24, 2026
Ballad Of Abbreviations
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/the_clock
concept/power_of_language
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
motif/wine_and_drink
setting/america
setting/modern_metropolis
archetype/self_made_man
histref/theodore_dreiser
histref/prohibition_us
Jul 24, 2026
THE SONG of the STRANGE ASCETIC
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/satire
concept/joy
concept/faith
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/satire_of_society
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/fire
histref/classical_antiquity
character/higgins
concept/self_denial_and_renunciation
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/poverty
topos/war_as_glory
motif/death
motif/money_and_gold
Jul 24, 2026
The Aristocrat
graph/work
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form/lyric
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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
A Ballade Of An Anti-puritan
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_common_man
concept/critique_of_progress
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/the_inn_tavern
histref/puritanism
character/mrs_humphrey_ward
character/bayard
concept/comradeship
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/food_and_feasting
Jul 24, 2026
Annabel Lee
graph/work
author/poe
concept/love_romantic
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/mortality
concept/immortality
concept/melancholy
topos/love_as_religion
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
motif/the_sea
motif/death
motif/the_grave
motif/moon
motif/stars
motif/childhood
archetype/lover
archetype/innocent
form/ballad
character/annabel_lee
Jul 24, 2026
ALICE DU CLOS OR THE FORKED TONGUE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
concept/deception
concept/jealousy
concept/innocence_and_experience
motif/blood
motif/dawn
motif/swords_weapons
motif/horse
histref/greek_mythology
archetype/innocent
archetype/villain
Jul 24, 2026
A Galloway Song
graph/work
author/keats
form/song
form/ballad
motif/marriage
concept/grief_and_loss
setting/scotland
motif/horse
concept/alienation