Identity

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More identity poems

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1. "De Gustibus--" by Robert Browning

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   nature, love, death
2. "Faithful to the end" Amended by Emily Dickinson

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   love, death, beauty
3. "Heaven" has different Signs -- to me -- by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, death, beauty
4. "Home" by Edward Thomas

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   nature, beauty, hope
5. 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight by Emily Bronte

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   nature, love, beauty
6. 'Twas just this time, last year, I died. by Emily Dickinson

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   nature, death, faith
7. 115. The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
8. 128. The Farewell by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
9. 137. Song—Farewell to the Banks of Ayr by Robert Burns

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   nature, love, death
10. 144. A Winter Night by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
11. 155. Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope House by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
12. 16. A Prayer under the Pressure of Violent Anguish by Robert Burns

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    death, solitude, grief
13. 1819 New Year's Carrier's Address by Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

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    nature, love, death
14. 185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
15. 1914 V: The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

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    nature, love, death
16. 193. On Scaring some Water-Fowl in Lock Turit by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
17. 201. Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787 by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, hope
18. 204. Song—Love in the Guise of Friendship by Robert Burns

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    love, grief, identity
19. 220. Song—The Winter it is Past by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, solitude
20. 226. Song—I hae a Wife o’ my Ain by Robert Burns

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    grief, faith, war
21. 244. The Henpecked Husband by Robert Burns

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    death, war, identity
22. 25. My Father was a Farmer: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
23. 273. Song—Tam Glen by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
24. 278. On the late Captain Grose’s Peregrinations by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
25. 29. Song—The Rigs o’ Barley by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
26. 294. Song—To Mary in Heaven by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
27. 306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790 by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
28. 310. Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
29. 383. Song—My Wife’s a winsome wee thing by Robert Burns

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    love, beauty, faith
30. 386. The Rights of Women—Spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
31. 39. Ballad on the American War by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
32. 391. A Tippling Ballad—When Princes and Prelates, etc. by Robert Burns

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    identity
33. 398. Lord Gregory: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
34. 403. The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
35. 419. Bonie Jean: A Ballad by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, beauty
36. 511. Song—O aye my wife she dang me by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, solitude
37. 520. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 3 by Robert Burns

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    nature, death, beauty
38. 540. Inscription to Chloris by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
39. 551. Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 4 by Robert Burns

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    solitude, faith, war
40. 56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
41. 57. Holy Willie’s Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
42. 59. Death and Dr. Hornbook by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
43. 6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey by Katherine Philips

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    love, death, solitude
44. 7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, grief
45. 75. Halloween by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
46. 79. Adam Armour’s Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
47. 83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
48. 87. The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
49. 88. The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
50. 91. The Vision by Robert Burns

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    nature, love, death
51. A Baby's Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
52. A Ballad Of The Trees And The Master by Sidney Lanier

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    nature, love, death
53. A Ballad of Burdens by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
54. A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
55. A Ballad of Dreamland by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, hope
56. A Ballad upon a Wedding by Sir John Suckling

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    nature, love, death
57. A Boston Ballad, 1854. by Walt Whitman

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    nature, love, death
58. A COUNTRY LIFE:TO HIS BROTHER, MR THOMAS HERRICK by Robert Herrick

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    nature, love, death
59. A Calendar of Sonnets: January by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    nature, love, death
60. A Child Asleep by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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    nature, love, death
61. A Christmas Carol by William Topaz McGonagall

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    nature, love, death
62. A DREAM by William Blake

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    nature, love, beauty
63. A Day Dream by Emily Bronte

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    nature, love, death
64. A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall

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    nature, love, beauty
65. A Dialogue by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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    nature, love, death
66. A Dream by Edward Thomas

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    nature, love, beauty
67. A Dream by Helen Hunt Jackson

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    love, death, hope
68. A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree -- by Emily Dickinson

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    nature, love, death
69. A Face by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
70. A Farewell by Amy Levy

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    nature, love, death
71. A Farewell to Agassiz by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    nature, love, death
72. A Farewell to False Love by Sir Walter Raleigh

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    nature, love, death
73. A Farewell to the World by Ben Jonson

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    nature, hope, solitude
74. A Flower-Piece By Fantin by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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    nature, love, death
75. A Funeral Poem on the Death of C.E. by Phillis Wheatley

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    nature, love, death
76. A Game of Fives by Lewis Carroll

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    love, solitude, identity
77. A Grammarian's Funeral : Shortly After the Revival of Learning in Europe by Robert Browning

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    nature, love, death
78. A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
79. A Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser

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    nature, love, death
80. A Hymn To God The Father by John Donne

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    nature, death, solitude