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30 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
UNDERWOODS
graph/work
author/coleridge
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/memento_mori
motif/the_clock
motif/dust
motif/fire
concept/mortality
concept/love_romantic
form/epigram
Jul 24, 2026
To the Indians who Died in Africa
graph/work
author/eliot
form/elegy
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/exile
concept/heroism
motif/death
motif/dust
histref/the_first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
This Dust Was Once the Man
graph/work
author/whitman
form/epigram
form/elegy
motif/dust
concept/mortality
character/abraham_lincoln
archetype/martyr
topos/memento_mori
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
Jul 24, 2026
The Voice of the Rain
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/water
motif/nature
topos/eternal_return
topos/book_of_nature
motif/music_and_song
concept/immortality
motif/dust
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The Wallabout Martyrs
graph/work
author/whitman
histref/american_civil_war
archetype/martyr
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/dust
motif/the_grave
histref/classical_antiquity
character/odysseus
form/epigram
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
THE KNIGHT’S TOMB
graph/work
author/coleridge
topos/ubi_sunt
concept/mortality
concept/transience
motif/the_grave
motif/dust
topos/tempus_fugit
motif/swords_weapons
Jul 24, 2026
THE HOUR-GLASS
graph/work
author/coleridge
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/memento_mori
motif/the_clock
motif/dust
concept/mortality
concept/unrequited_love
form/epigram
Jul 24, 2026
Self-Knowledge · Immortality · Self-Reliance
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/immortality
motif/death
concept/self_and_soul
concept/grief_and_loss
form/letter
concept/faith
concept/mortality
concept/friendship
concept/death
motif/the_book
concept/identity
concept/immortality_of_art
topos/immortality_through_verse
histref/the_bible
concept/the_artist_and_society
motif/birds
motif/letters_writing
motif/flowers
motif/the_grave
motif/memory
histref/christianity
setting/new_england
form/epigram
concept/faith_and_doubt
motif/dust
Jul 24, 2026
The Praise Of Dust
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/lyric
motif/dust
concept/humility
concept/mortality
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/memento_mori
motif/flowers
motif/white_and_red
histref/the_bible
concept/resurrection
concept/paradox
concept/metamorphosis_transformation
concept/providence
concept/apocalypse
topos/world_upside_down
topos/vanitas
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/sun
motif/fire
archetype/tyrant
archetype/prophet
archetype/dust_personified
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/christianity
Jul 24, 2026
PERSPIRATION. A TRAVELLING ECLOGUE
graph/work
concept/economics
author/coleridge
form/fragment
form/satire
concept/class_conflict
concept/satire_of_society
motif/sun
motif/dust
motif/animals
Jul 24, 2026
Our Mutual Friend
graph/work
concept/economics
author/dickens
concept/money_gold_greed
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/satire_of_society
concept/class_conflict
concept/identity
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/love_romantic
concept/social_injustice
concept/deception
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/villain
archetype/double_doppelganger
motif/money_gold
motif/dust
motif/river
motif/water
motif/the_city
motif/masks_disguise
form/novel
form/social_novel
setting/london
setting/the_river_thames
histref/victorian_england
character/john_harmon
character/bella_wilfer
character/lizzie_hexam
character/eugene_wrayburn
character/bradley_headstone
character/nicodemus_boffin
character/silas_wegg
character/jenny_wren
character/mr_venus
Jul 24, 2026
ON AN INSIGNIFICANT
graph/work
concept/economics
author/coleridge
form/epigram
topos/memento_mori
motif/dust
motif/the_grave
concept/the_grotesque
concept/money_and_avarice
Jul 24, 2026
Mortality · Grave · Memento Mori
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/mortality
motif/death
motif/the_grave
topos/memento_mori
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/transience
concept/immortality
form/letter
motif/flowers
concept/friendship
concept/faith
form/elegy
motif/dust
motif/memory
histref/the_bible
concept/memory_and_time
motif/rose
character/death_personified
concept/self_and_soul
motif/birds
motif/the_sea
concept/memory
setting/the_grave
concept/paradox
motif/winter
Jul 24, 2026
The Meaning of the Crusade
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/the_common_man
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
motif/blood
motif/fire
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_french_revolution
character/godfrey_de_bouillon
character/peter_the_hermit
character/ezra_pound
character/tancred
character/voltaire
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
concept/democracy
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/fanaticism
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/popular_revolution
topos/combat_strife
motif/dust
motif/light_and_dark
motif/garden
motif/hill
motif/wheel
motif/journey
setting/desert
setting/battlefield
setting/jerusalem
archetype/hero
archetype/rebel
archetype/common_man_2
histref/islam
histref/first_world_war
histref/dante
histref/russian_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Little Gidding
graph/work
author/eliot
form/free_verse
concept/conversion
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/memory_and_time
concept/providence
topos/eternal_return
motif/fire
motif/rose
motif/dust
motif/winter
archetype/ghost
archetype/double_doppelganger
histref/christianity
histref/the_first_world_war
setting/rural_england
Jul 24, 2026
I The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven
graph/work
author/eliot
topos/eternal_return
concept/faith
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/critique_of_progress
motif/dust
motif/the_city
motif/seasons
motif/birds
form/free_verse
setting/london
histref/christianity
Jul 24, 2026
I. The Burial of the Dead
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/the_waste_land
concept/memory_and_time
motif/seasons
motif/spring
motif/dust
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_city
setting/london
histref/dante
archetype/prophetess_seer
Jul 24, 2026
HYMNS — MOON
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/fragment
form/hymn
motif/moon
concept/love_divine
motif/the_grave
motif/dust
concept/satire_of_society
histref/eastern_religion
Jul 24, 2026
Grace and Redemption · Humility · Bread and Wine Eucharist
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/humility
concept/faith
histref/the_bible
histref/christianity
concept/immortality
character/christ
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
concept/self_and_soul
motif/sun
motif/crown
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/love_divine
form/letter
motif/death
motif/the_road
concept/providence
motif/flowers
motif/nature
motif/birds
concept/joy
concept/charity
motif/dust
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/freedom
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
Francis Xavier
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/spenserian_stanza
form/lyric
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/providence
concept/love_divine
concept/heroism
archetype/martyr
archetype/pilgrim
histref/catholic_church
histref/eastern_religion
setting/the_orient
motif/stars
character/francis_xavier
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/unseen_the_hidden
concept/self_sacrifice
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/dust
motif/cross
motif/light_and_dark
motif/time
form/elegy
Jul 24, 2026
Five-Finger Exercises
graph/work
author/eliot
topos/memento_mori
topos/tempus_fugit
concept/satire_of_society
motif/animals
motif/dust
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
motif/time
form/satire
form/lyric
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
The Convert
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/conversion
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/sonnet
character/the_wandering_jew
motif/the_road
histref/the_bible
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/resurrection
concept/paradox
topos/world_upside_down
topos/sleeper_awakes
motif/dust
archetype/pilgrim
Jul 24, 2026
Coriolan
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/dust
motif/swords_weapons
motif/crown
motif/horse
archetype/tyrant
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/ancient_rome
setting/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
CHORUSES FROM ‘THE ROCK’ 1934
graph/work
concept/economics
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/spiritual_emptiness
motif/the_city
motif/light_and_dark
motif/dust
motif/bells
topos/eternal_return
archetype/prophet
form/free_verse
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
setting/london
Jul 24, 2026
Burnt Norton 1935
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
topos/the_quest
concept/faith
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/time
motif/rose
motif/garden
motif/birds
motif/dust
motif/autumn
setting/a_garden
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
Appearance vs Reality · Beauty · Eyes and Sight
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
motif/eyes_sight
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/animals
motif/nature
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/identity
form/riddle
concept/beauty
concept/self_and_soul
concept/transience
form/epigram
motif/masks_disguise
concept/the_sublime
concept/imagination
motif/childhood
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/love_romantic
concept/mortality
concept/suffering_and_pain
motif/blood
motif/fire
motif/dust
motif/birds
motif/garden
concept/paradox
Jul 24, 2026
An Army Corps on the March
graph/work
author/whitman
setting/the_battlefield
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/dust
motif/horse
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
A Song for Simeon
graph/work
author/eliot
topos/memento_mori
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/mortality
concept/martyrdom
motif/death
motif/dust
motif/wind
motif/winter
motif/swords_weapons
archetype/wise_old_man
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/the_bible
character/christ
character/the_virgin_mary