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51 items with this tag.
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 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
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
To-Day and Thee
graph/work
author/whitman
motif/time
concept/memory_and_time
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/ancient_greece
archetype/hero
concept/immortality_of_art
motif/the_book
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
To Think of Time
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/mortality
concept/immortality
motif/time
topos/memento_mori
motif/death
motif/the_grave
concept/self_and_soul
concept/identity
concept/faith
Jul 24, 2026
TO CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE
graph/work
author/keats
concept/friendship
motif/time
histref/the_renaissance
form/heroic_couplet
motif/the_book
motif/the_sea
Jul 24, 2026
To a Historian
graph/work
author/whitman
form/free_verse
concept/identity
topos/poet_as_prophet
concept/the_common_man
motif/time
Jul 24, 2026
Time · Tempus Fugit · Clock
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
motif/time
topos/tempus_fugit
concept/transience
form/letter
motif/the_clock
concept/memory_and_time
motif/letters_writing
concept/friendship
setting/new_england
concept/immortality
form/epigram
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/mortality
histref/the_bible
motif/seasons
motif/frost
motif/autumn
motif/memory
motif/death
concept/faith
concept/memory
motif/silence
concept/fate_and_free_will
motif/childhood
concept/eternity
Jul 24, 2026
TIME, REAL AND IMAGINARY
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/allegory
motif/time
concept/memory_and_time
concept/imagination
motif/eyes_sight
archetype/child
Jul 24, 2026
THE WINTER’S TALE
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/romance_play
form/tragicomedy
form/blank_verse
concept/jealousy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/conversion
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/pastoral_retreat
topos/the_sleeper_awakes
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/king
archetype/tyrant
archetype/innocent
motif/seasons
motif/winter
motif/flowers
motif/time
motif/the_mirror
setting/pastoral_countryside
setting/the_court
character/leontes
character/hermione
character/perdita
character/polixenes
character/paulina
character/florizel
character/camillo
character/autolycus
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 Poison Belt
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/science_fiction
form/novel
concept/apocalypse
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/mortality
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/order_vs_chaos
motif/death
motif/light_and_dark
motif/sleep
motif/time
setting/london
setting/rural_england
character/professor_challenger
character/professor_summerlee
character/lord_john_roxton
character/edward_malone
archetype/prophet
archetype/hero
topos/sleeper_awakes
Jul 24, 2026
The Masque of the Red Death
graph/work
author/poe
topos/dance_of_death
topos/memento_mori
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/vanitas
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
concept/mortality
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/pride
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/death
motif/the_clock
motif/blood
motif/masks_disguise
motif/light_and_dark
motif/time
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/dreams
archetype/death_personified
archetype/tyrant
character/death_personified
setting/the_castle
form/allegory
form/short_story
character/prospero
Jul 24, 2026
The Last Galley
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/historical_novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
motif/ship
motif/sea
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/time
histref/ancient_rome
histref/roman_history
histref/carthage
histref/christianity
setting/ancient_rome
setting/africa
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/avenger
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/historical_novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/freedom_and_liberty
motif/ship
motif/sea
motif/fire
motif/blood
motif/time
histref/roman_history
histref/ancient_rome
histref/british_empire
setting/ancient_rome
archetype/hero
archetype/tyrant
archetype/outsider
archetype/martyr_saint
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
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 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 Dry Salvages 1941
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/providence
motif/the_sea
motif/river
motif/water
motif/time
motif/bells
motif/fog_and_smoke
motif/autumn
setting/the_sea
setting/new_england
form/free_verse
character/the_virgin_mary
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 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
The Boston Evening Transcript
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/satire_of_society
motif/the_book
motif/time
histref/new_england
form/epigram
setting/new_england
Jul 24, 2026
The Bells
graph/work
author/poe
motif/bells
motif/time
motif/mutability
motif/death
motif/music_and_song
motif/marriage
motif/fire
motif/moon
motif/ghosts
concept/mortality
concept/transience
concept/terror_and_horror
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/seven_ages_of_man
topos/memento_mori
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet-To Science
graph/work
author/poe
concept/imagination
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/beauty
motif/time
motif/nature
motif/stars
motif/dreams
histref/greek_mythology
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnets
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/shakespearean_sonnet
form/sonnet
form/poem_sequence
concept/love_romantic
concept/beauty
concept/transience
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/jealousy
concept/procreation
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/the_artist_and_society
motif/time
motif/eyes_sight
motif/desire
motif/death
motif/letters_writing
motif/seasons
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/immortality_through_verse
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet to a Cat
graph/work
author/keats
concept/satire_of_society
motif/animals
motif/time
concept/nostalgia
form/sonnet
form/parody
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet to a Lady Seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall
graph/work
author/keats
concept/unrequited_love
concept/nostalgia
concept/memory_and_time
motif/time
motif/memory
motif/rose
motif/the_sea
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet to John Hamilton Reynolds
graph/work
author/keats
concept/friendship
concept/joy
topos/carpe_diem
topos/tempus_fugit
motif/time
motif/the_journey
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
Savantism
graph/work
author/whitman
form/free_verse
motif/time
concept/identity
motif/nature
topos/eternal_return
Jul 24, 2026
Romance
graph/work
author/poe
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/fall_from_innocence
concept/memory_and_time
concept/nostalgia
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/imagination
motif/childhood
motif/memory
motif/birds
motif/time
motif/music_and_song
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
Quicksand Years
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/self_and_soul
concept/identity
concept/transience
motif/time
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
QUAE NOCENT DOCENT
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ode
topos/tempus_fugit
motif/time
concept/education
concept/nostalgia
concept/conscience
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 Receiving a Laurel Crown from Leigh Hunt
graph/work
author/keats
concept/ambition
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/inexpressibility
motif/crown
motif/time
motif/dreams
form/sonnet
Jul 24, 2026
On Abolishing Sunday
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_natural_order
concept/satire_of_society
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
character/henry_ford
concept/individualism
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
concept/labor_and_work
concept/distributism
concept/anti_industrialism
motif/sleep
motif/machine
motif/time
motif/dreams
form/satire
form/apologetics
histref/islam
histref/truce_of_god
Jul 24, 2026
Myths and Metaphors
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/truth
concept/imagination
concept/paradox
concept/faith
motif/dawn
concept/power_of_language
concept/deception
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/nature
motif/clock
motif/time
histref/bible
histref/darwinism
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
LINES TO A FRIEND IN ANSWER TO A MELANCHOLY LETTER
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/lyric
concept/melancholy
topos/fortunes_wheel
concept/friendship
concept/power_and_corruption
motif/time
archetype/tyrant
Jul 24, 2026
LIMBO
graph/work
author/coleridge
motif/time
concept/mortality
concept/the_grotesque
motif/ghosts
setting/the_underworld
motif/moon
motif/the_clock
concept/terror_and_horror
Jul 24, 2026
INSCRIPTION FOR A TIME-PIECE
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/epigram
motif/time
topos/tempus_fugit
motif/the_clock
concept/transience
motif/ghosts
motif/silence
motif/eyes_sight
Jul 24, 2026
Introduction to 'The Romance of Madame Tussaud's'
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/essay
form/history
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/fame_and_publicity
concept/memory_and_time
concept/mortality
concept/popular_revolution
concept/transience
motif/death
motif/mirror
motif/time
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
setting/paris
setting/france
character/robespierre
character/napoleon
character/voltaire
character/duke_of_wellington
archetype/tragic_hero
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
topos/fortunes_wheel
Jul 24, 2026
HOW MANY BARDS GILD THE LAPSES OF TIME!
graph/work
author/keats
topos/immortality_through_verse
motif/memory
motif/music_and_song
form/sonnet
motif/time
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
FOUR QUARTETS
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_quest
topos/eternal_return
motif/time
motif/fire
motif/rose
motif/garden
motif/memory
form/free_verse
histref/christianity
histref/dante
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
For Him I Sing
graph/work
author/whitman
form/free_verse
concept/identity
archetype/self_made_man
motif/time
motif/nature
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
APPENDIX POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH
graph/work
author/eliot
form/lyric
form/mock_epic
topos/carpe_diem
concept/transience
motif/time
motif/flowers
concept/melancholy
Jul 24, 2026
America
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
archetype/great_mother
setting/america
motif/time
concept/justice
form/ode
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
A Predicament
graph/work
author/poe
concept/the_grotesque
concept/satire_of_society
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/mortality
topos/tempus_fugit
topos/memento_mori
motif/the_clock
motif/time
motif/death
motif/eyes_sight
archetype/fool
form/parody
form/satire
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
(A Lyric): ‘If Time and Space, as Sages say’
graph/work
author/eliot
form/lyric
topos/carpe_diem
topos/tempus_fugit
concept/transience
concept/love_romantic
motif/flowers
motif/time
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