Horae Canonicae
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Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horae Canonicae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1016359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horae Canonicae Context triple: [W. H. Auden, notableWork, Horae Canonicae]
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Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
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Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
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Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
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Novum Instrumentum omne
Novum Instrumentum omne is Desiderius Erasmus’s groundbreaking 1516 edition of the New Testament in Greek with a new Latin translation, which significantly influenced biblical scholarship and the Protestant Reformation.
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E.
Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horae Canonicae Target entity description: Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
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A.
Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
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B.
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
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C.
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
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D.
Novum Instrumentum omne
Novum Instrumentum omne is Desiderius Erasmus’s groundbreaking 1516 edition of the New Testament in Greek with a new Latin translation, which significantly influenced biblical scholarship and the Protestant Reformation.
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E.
Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry collection
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sequence of poems ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
historical consciousness
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relationship between individual and God ⓘ tension between secular and sacred life ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Auden’s postwar religious phase ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | poems first published individually in periodicals ⓘ |
| form |
lyric sequence
ⓘ
meditative poem sequence ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist poetry
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Compline
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Nones ⓘ Prime ⓘ Sext ⓘ Terce ⓘ Vespers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Auden’s Anglican faith
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Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | contemplation of time and eternity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterCollectedIn | The Shield of Achilles ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
biblical allusion
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irony ⓘ paradox ⓘ symbolism of hours ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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surface form:
Anglo-American modernism
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| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person reflection ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| structureBasedOn | canonical hours ⓘ |
| targetAudience | readers of religious and philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian faith
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eschatology ⓘ grace ⓘ guilt ⓘ human suffering ⓘ incarnation ⓘ modern existence ⓘ prayer ⓘ sin and redemption ⓘ time ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
daily cycle of prayer
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liturgical time ⓘ |
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Subject: Horae Canonicae Description of subject: Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
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