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motif/decay
28 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Transience · Decay · Carpe Diem
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/transience
topos/tempus_fugit
concept/grief_and_loss
motif/mutability
concept/mortality
motif/seasons
topos/carpe_diem
motif/flowers
motif/nature
concept/immortality
motif/animals
motif/memory
motif/death
motif/time
motif/decay
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
concept/beauty
form/letter
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/the_grave
motif/dawn
motif/winter
motif/sun
concept/nostalgia
topos/vanitas
Jul 24, 2026
Thought
graph/work
author/whitman
topos/vanitas
concept/satire_of_society
concept/self_and_soul
motif/money_gold
motif/decay
Jul 24, 2026
This Compost
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/decay
motif/death
concept/regeneration
motif/nature
motif/spring
concept/mortality
motif/the_grave
concept/the_body
Jul 24, 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
graph/work
author/wilde
concept/self_and_soul
concept/beauty
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/conscience
concept/guilt
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/temptation
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/transience
topos/the_double
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/carpe_diem
topos/vanitas
topos/paradise_lost
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/shadow
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/innocent
motif/the_mirror
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_book
motif/blood
motif/decay
motif/time
motif/flowers
motif/the_city
form/gothic_novel
form/novel
form/epigram
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/a_garden
character/faust
character/dorian_gray
character/lord_henry_wotton
character/basil_hallward
character/sibyl_vane
character/james_vane
Jul 24, 2026
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
graph/work
author/dickens
topos/the_double
topos/memento_mori
topos/night_journey
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/villain
archetype/detective
archetype/damsel
motif/death
motif/the_grave
motif/ruins
motif/decay
motif/music_and_song
motif/bells
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/dreams
motif/the_city
concept/guilt
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/identity
concept/lust
concept/jealousy
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/deception
form/novel
form/detective_fiction
form/fragment
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/rural_england
character/edwin_drood
character/john_jasper
character/rosa_bud
character/neville_landless
character/helena_landless
character/mr_crisparkle
character/durdles
character/mr_grewgious
character/mr_sapsea
Jul 24, 2026
The Judgment of England
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/epigram
form/lyric
concept/social_injustice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
concept/critique_of_progress
motif/money_gold
motif/decay
histref/the_industrial_revolution
concept/apocalypse
concept/greed_and_money
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
setting/industrial_city
form/satire
histref/oliver_goldsmith
Jul 24, 2026
The Haunted Palace
graph/work
author/poe
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/golden_age
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
concept/madness
concept/mortality
concept/self_and_soul
motif/decay
motif/mutability
motif/ghosts
motif/music_and_song
motif/the_window
archetype/king
form/allegory
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The Haunted House
graph/work
concept/economics
author/belloc
form/novel
form/satire
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/greed
concept/family_and_lineage
concept/class_conflict
concept/tradition
concept/capitalism
motif/great_house
motif/house_mansion
motif/money_and_gold
motif/decay
motif/ghosts
histref/boer_war
setting/rural_england
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
Jul 24, 2026
The Fall of the House of Usher
graph/work
author/poe
concept/terror_and_horror
form/gothic_novel
concept/madness
topos/the_double
archetype/double_doppelganger
motif/decay
motif/the_grave
concept/the_uncanny
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_book
setting/the_castle
character/roderick_usher
character/madeline_usher
Jul 24, 2026
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
graph/work
author/poe
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_grotesque
concept/the_uncanny
motif/death
motif/decay
concept/mesmerism
motif/the_sleeper_awakes
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
THE FADED FLOWER
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/sonnet
motif/flowers
motif/decay
concept/transience
archetype/fallen_woman
topos/fall_from_innocence
motif/the_grave
concept/melancholy
Jul 24, 2026
The Dismantled Ship
graph/work
author/whitman
setting/a_ship
motif/decay
motif/the_sea
concept/mortality
topos/memento_mori
concept/transience
setting/the_sea
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
graph/work
author/poe
concept/mortality
motif/death
concept/self_and_soul
motif/decay
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/immortality
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/apocalypse
Jul 24, 2026
The City Dead-House
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/death
concept/the_body
archetype/fallen_woman
archetype/outcast_wanderer
concept/social_injustice
motif/the_city
motif/decay
concept/self_and_soul
Jul 24, 2026
Song: ‘If space and time, as sages say’
graph/work
author/eliot
form/song
topos/carpe_diem
topos/tempus_fugit
concept/transience
concept/love_romantic
motif/flowers
motif/decay
Jul 24, 2026
Song: ‘When we came home across the hill’
graph/work
author/eliot
form/song
motif/rose
motif/decay
concept/transience
concept/love_romantic
motif/nature
Jul 24, 2026
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
motif/memory
motif/moon
motif/night
motif/the_city
motif/decay
concept/spiritual_emptiness
setting/the_modern_metropolis
Jul 24, 2026
ON A SLANDERER
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
concept/the_grotesque
motif/the_grave
motif/decay
concept/satire_of_society
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
Ms. Found in a Bottle
graph/work
author/poe
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/the_quest
concept/the_sublime
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/mortality
concept/the_uncanny
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/night
motif/ghosts
motif/decay
motif/ruins
motif/letters_writing
archetype/ghost
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/short_story
form/gothic_novel
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
Jul 24, 2026
Lune de Miel
graph/work
setting/europe
author/eliot
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
motif/decay
motif/ruins
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/the_grotesque
setting/italy
Jul 24, 2026
Landscapes
graph/work
author/eliot
motif/nature
motif/birds
motif/seasons
motif/river
motif/decay
concept/memory_and_time
concept/faith
archetype/pilgrim
setting/new_england
histref/new_england
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
Gerontion
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/memory_and_time
motif/decay
motif/dust
motif/wind
motif/the_mirror
form/dramatic_monologue
character/christ
histref/the_first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
East Coker 1940
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
concept/transience
concept/humility
concept/faith
topos/eternal_return
topos/memento_mori
motif/death
motif/decay
motif/dust
motif/marriage
setting/rural_england
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar
graph/work
setting/europe
author/eliot
concept/satire_of_society
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/ruins
motif/money_gold
motif/decay
setting/venice
Jul 24, 2026
Berenice
graph/work
author/poe
concept/madness
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/identity
concept/the_uncanny
concept/mortality
topos/memento_mori
motif/madness
motif/the_grave
motif/decay
motif/death
motif/memory
motif/the_book
motif/eyes_sight
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/short_story
form/gothic_novel
setting/the_castle
Jul 24, 2026
Before Morning
graph/work
author/eliot
form/lyric
topos/vanitas
motif/flowers
motif/decay
motif/dawn
concept/transience
Jul 24, 2026
A Hand-Mirror
graph/work
author/whitman
form/free_verse
motif/the_mirror
motif/decay
concept/the_body
topos/memento_mori
concept/self_and_soul