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Poems

Matthew Arnold · 1853

Numbers rank the poems whose position in the book is known; they are not page numbers.

1The Scholar Gipsy 1853
2Sohrab and Rustum 1853
3Thekla’s Answer 1853
4The Church of Brou 1853
5A Dream 1853
6Stanzas 1853
·Philomela 1853
·Requiescat 1853
·The Neckan 1853

How this order was established

Taken from the order the titles appear in a full-text copy of the same book. Copy used: Arnold, Poems (London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853). Established 2026-08-20.

6 of the 9 poems in this book have a known position. 9 are published here. Those whose position is unknown come last, without a number.

Not placed: Partial: 3 where first- and last-occurrence order disagreed. Those poems keep sequence null and are listed after the ordered ones. Sequence numbers are dense ranks over the placed poems, not printed page order.