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motif/ruins
30 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Washington’s Monument February, 1885
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/heroism
archetype/hero
concept/faith
motif/ruins
concept/immortality
topos/immortality_through_verse
form/ode
Jul 24, 2026
THE TOWERS of TIME
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/lyric
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
topos/ubi_sunt
concept/transience
concept/pride
concept/faith
motif/ruins
motif/nature
histref/ancient_rome
character/the_virgin_mary
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/eternity
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/contemptus_mundi
motif/time
motif/light_and_dark
motif/sun
motif/crown
archetype/great_mother
form/hymn
histref/bible
histref/catholic_church
histref/carthage
Jul 24, 2026
The Sphinx
graph/work
concept/history
author/wilde
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/memento_mori
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/ubi_sunt
archetype/femme_fatale
archetype/temptress
archetype/monster
motif/desire
motif/night
motif/moon
motif/the_cross
motif/ruins
motif/serpent_snake
motif/the_supernatural
motif/animals
concept/lust
concept/temptation
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/transience
concept/the_grotesque
form/narrative_poem
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/the_bible
setting/egypt
setting/the_orient
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
The Old Curiosity Shop
graph/work
author/dickens
topos/the_quest
topos/the_open_road
topos/memento_mori
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/pastoral_retreat
archetype/innocent
archetype/orphan
archetype/villain
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/child
motif/death
motif/the_journey
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/childhood
motif/dreams
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/mortality
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/the_grotesque
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/poverty
concept/nature_vs_civilization
form/novel
form/social_novel
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/rural_england
character/little_nell
character/daniel_quilp
character/nells_grandfather
character/dick_swiveller
character/the_marchioness
character/kit_nubbles
character/sampson_brass
character/sally_brass
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 Glass Walking Stick
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/nostalgia
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/ruins
motif/memory
histref/medieval_england
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/christianity
character/king_arthur
character/napoleon
character/robert_bruce
character/general_wolfe
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
character/chantecler
character/st_george
character/tom_jones
character/philip_the_second
character/george_iv
character/edward_vii
character/george_v
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
motif/lion
setting/cathedral
setting/spain
setting/toledo
setting/the_escorial
setting/camelot
archetype/king
archetype/hero
form/heroic_couplet
histref/regency_georgian_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/victorian_england
Jul 24, 2026
The Coliseum
graph/work
author/poe
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/ubi_sunt
motif/ruins
motif/memory
concept/transience
histref/ancient_rome
setting/ancient_rome
motif/time
concept/immortality_of_art
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
The City in the Sea
graph/work
author/poe
concept/mortality
motif/death
character/death_personified
motif/ruins
motif/the_sea
concept/melancholy
topos/memento_mori
form/lyric
concept/apocalypse
Jul 24, 2026
The Canterville Ghost
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/world_upside_down
topos/memento_mori
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
archetype/ghost
archetype/innocent
archetype/child
archetype/self_made_man
motif/ghosts
motif/blood
motif/the_supernatural
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/nightingale
motif/garden
motif/death
motif/masks_disguise
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/satire_of_society
concept/mercy
concept/death_and_love
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/innocence_and_experience
form/parody
form/gothic_novel
form/short_story
form/comedy
histref/new_england
histref/victorian_england
setting/the_castle
setting/rural_england
character/sir_simon_de_canterville
character/hiram_b_otis
character/virginia_otis
character/washington_otis
character/mrs_otis
Jul 24, 2026
Spain, 1873-74
graph/work
author/whitman
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
concept/democracy
motif/ruins
motif/crown
motif/swords_weapons
form/ode
Jul 24, 2026
Some Words with a Mummy
graph/work
concept/economics
author/poe
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_grotesque
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/anti_industrialism
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_grave
motif/ruins
motif/clothing
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/monster
form/satire
form/short_story
histref/the_industrial_revolution
setting/egypt
Jul 24, 2026
On Seeing the Elgin Marbles
graph/work
author/keats
concept/mortality
concept/the_sublime
concept/transience
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/ruins
motif/time
motif/birds
histref/ancient_greece
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
On Oxford A Parody
graph/work
author/keats
concept/satire_of_society
motif/ruins
motif/bells
motif/food_feasting
setting/oxford
form/parody
form/satire
Jul 24, 2026
ON A RUINED HOUSE IN A ROMANTIC COUNTRY
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/sonnet
form/parody
concept/satire_of_society
motif/ruins
motif/moon
Jul 24, 2026
Northanger Abbey
graph/work
concept/economics
author/austen
concept/imagination
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/satire_of_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/love_romantic
concept/deception
concept/class_conflict
form/novel
form/parody
form/social_novel
form/satire
form/bildungsroman
form/gothic_novel
motif/the_book
motif/ruins
motif/marriage
setting/rural_england
archetype/innocent
archetype/lover
histref/victorian_england
character/catherine_morland
character/henry_tilney
character/isabella_thorpe
character/john_thorpe
character/eleanor_tilney
character/general_tilney
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
Mellonta Tauta
graph/work
author/poe
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
topos/world_upside_down
topos/eternal_return
concept/transience
motif/time
motif/the_journey
motif/letters_writing
motif/ruins
motif/stars
concept/imagination
archetype/tyrant
form/satire
form/short_story
histref/the_industrial_revolution
setting/a_ship
Jul 24, 2026
MELANCHOLY
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/fragment
concept/melancholy
motif/ruins
motif/dreams
concept/the_grotesque
motif/sleep
Jul 24, 2026
LOVE
graph/work
author/coleridge
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
LOVE’S APPARITION AND EVANISHMENT: AN ALLEGORIC ROMANCE
graph/work
author/coleridge
concept/melancholy
concept/unrequited_love
concept/grief_and_loss
form/allegory
archetype/outcast_wanderer
motif/garden
motif/ruins
motif/flowers
archetype/lover
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
Little Dorrit
graph/work
concept/economics
author/dickens
form/social_novel
form/novel
form/satire
concept/poverty
concept/social_injustice
concept/class_conflict
concept/satire_of_society
concept/pride
concept/humility
concept/guilt
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/love_romantic
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/imprisonment
archetype/innocent
archetype/martyr
archetype/corrupt_official
archetype/self_made_man
motif/money_gold
motif/the_city
motif/light_and_dark
motif/ruins
setting/london
histref/victorian_england
character/amy_dorrit
character/arthur_clennam
character/william_dorrit
character/mrs_clennam
character/rigaud
character/mr_merdle
character/flora_finching
character/pancks
character/daniel_doyce
Jul 24, 2026
IV There are those who would build the Temple
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/good_vs_evil
motif/ruins
motif/swords_weapons
archetype/prophet
motif/fire
form/free_verse
histref/the_bible
Jul 24, 2026
II Thus your fathers were made
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith
concept/social_injustice
concept/love_divine
motif/ruins
concept/critique_of_progress
form/free_verse
histref/the_bible
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
Great Expectations
graph/work
concept/economics
author/dickens
form/bildungsroman
form/novel
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/identity
concept/class_conflict
concept/guilt
concept/conscience
concept/unrequited_love
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/pride
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/innocence_and_experience
archetype/orphan
archetype/self_made_man
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/crone
motif/childhood
motif/money_gold
motif/clothing
motif/fire
motif/the_grave
motif/ruins
setting/london
setting/rural_england
histref/victorian_england
character/pip
character/estella
character/miss_havisham
character/joe_gargery
character/abel_magwitch
character/jaggers
character/herbert_pocket
character/wemmick
character/mrs_joe
character/biddy
Jul 24, 2026
For a War Memorial
graph/work
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/epigram
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/immortality
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/ruins
histref/ancient_rome
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
motif/storm
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/transience
concept/memory_and_time
topos/ubi_sunt
topos/memento_mori
motif/grave
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/lightning
setting/grave_2
form/inscription
histref/carthage
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
BalladStBarbara
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/ballad
form/lyric
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/nostalgia
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
Al Aaraaf
graph/work
author/poe
concept/beauty
concept/the_sublime
concept/mortality
concept/truth
concept/imagination
concept/love_romantic
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/paradise_lost
topos/book_of_nature
motif/stars
motif/flowers
motif/music_and_song
motif/moon
motif/death
motif/silence
motif/ruins
archetype/lover
form/narrative_poem
histref/greek_mythology
histref/classical_antiquity
Jul 24, 2026
A Fable for Feasters
graph/work
author/eliot
form/mock_epic
form/ottava_rima
form/narrative_poem
form/satire
motif/food_feasting
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/ghosts
motif/the_supernatural
motif/ruins
histref/medieval_england
histref/christianity
concept/satire_of_society