Address to the Deil
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"Address to the Deil" is a humorous and satirical poem by Robert Burns in which the poet playfully addresses and questions the Devil, blending Scots dialect with moral reflection and wit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Address to the Deil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Address to the Deil Context triple: [Poems of Robert Burns, containsWork, Address to the Deil]
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A.
Hell’s Highway
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B.
Shakedown Street
Shakedown Street is a 1978 studio album by the Grateful Dead that blends rock, disco, and funk influences and includes the fan-favorite title track.
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C.
Somebody's Gotta Die
"Somebody's Gotta Die" is a dark, narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. that tells a cinematic revenge story.
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D.
Badwater Road
Badwater Road is a scenic highway in Death Valley National Park that provides access to the famously low-lying Badwater Basin and other desert landmarks.
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E.
Ghost Town
"Ghost Town" is a melancholic, genre-blending song by Kanye West that reflects on emotional isolation, spiritual struggle, and the hope of personal rebirth.
- 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: Address to the Deil Target entity description: "Address to the Deil" is a humorous and satirical poem by Robert Burns in which the poet playfully addresses and questions the Devil, blending Scots dialect with moral reflection and wit.
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A.
Hell’s Highway
Hell’s Highway is the nickname for the main Allied supply route used during Operation Market Garden in World War II, running through the Netherlands and including key crossings such as the Son bridge.
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B.
Shakedown Street
Shakedown Street is a 1978 studio album by the Grateful Dead that blends rock, disco, and funk influences and includes the fan-favorite title track.
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C.
Somebody's Gotta Die
"Somebody's Gotta Die" is a dark, narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. that tells a cinematic revenge story.
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D.
Badwater Road
Badwater Road is a scenic highway in Death Valley National Park that provides access to the famously low-lying Badwater Basin and other desert landmarks.
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E.
Ghost Town
"Ghost Town" is a melancholic, genre-blending song by Kanye West that reflects on emotional isolation, spiritual struggle, and the hope of personal rebirth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish literature work
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poem ⓘ satirical poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
classic example of Burns’s use of Scots for comic and moral effect
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frequently anthologized in collections of Robert Burns’s poetry ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Poems of Robert Burns
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surface form:
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
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| genre |
humorous poetry
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satire ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
hellfire and damnation
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rural Scottish life ⓘ |
| hasNotableLine | Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Presbyterian religious culture in Scotland
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Scottish folk belief about the Devil ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
apostrophe
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colloquial diction ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| meter | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1786 ⓘ |
| partOf | Burns’s early Kilmarnock volume ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| setting | imagined address to the Devil ⓘ |
| style |
Scots dialect
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vernacular language ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian theology
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the Devil ⓘ
surface form:
Devil
folk superstition ⓘ morality ⓘ religious belief ⓘ |
| theme |
human fallibility
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moral reflection ⓘ questioning religious dogma ⓘ satire of Calvinism ⓘ Sympathy for the Devil ⓘ
surface form:
sympathy for the Devil
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| tone |
humorous
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ironic ⓘ playful ⓘ |
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Subject: Address to the Deil Description of subject: "Address to the Deil" is a humorous and satirical poem by Robert Burns in which the poet playfully addresses and questions the Devil, blending Scots dialect with moral reflection and wit.
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