The Eve of St. Agnes
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The Eve of St. Agnes is a narrative poem by John Keats that blends medieval romance, vivid sensual imagery, and themes of love and superstition.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems | 4 |
| The Eve of St. Agnes canonical | 2 |
| Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems | 1 |
| The Eve of St Agnes | 1 |
| “The Eve of St Agnes” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2103194 — 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: The Eve of St. Agnes Context triple: [John Keats, notableWork, The Eve of St. Agnes]
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A.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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B.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
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C.
Christabel
Christabel is a narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that blends Gothic mystery with supernatural elements and psychological ambiguity.
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D.
Endymion
Endymion is a long Romantic narrative poem by John Keats, best known for its opening line, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”
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E.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Eve of St. Agnes Target entity description: The Eve of St. Agnes is a narrative poem by John Keats that blends medieval romance, vivid sensual imagery, and themes of love and superstition.
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A.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous 1893 Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a mysterious, enchanting femme fatale from medieval-inspired romantic lore.
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B.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a famous narrative ballad by John Keats that tells a haunting, melancholic tale of a knight bewitched and abandoned by a mysterious fairy woman.
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C.
Christabel
Christabel is a narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that blends Gothic mystery with supernatural elements and psychological ambiguity.
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D.
Endymion
Endymion is a long Romantic narrative poem by John Keats, best known for its opening line, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”
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E.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
St Agnes
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surface form:
St. Agnes
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| author | John Keats ⓘ |
| basedOn | folk belief about St. Agnes's Eve ⓘ |
| centralCharacters |
Angela
ⓘ
Madeline ⓘ Madeline's family ⓘ Porphyro ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1819 ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
cold versus warmth
ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ feast and revelry ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ light and darkness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1820 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Eve of St. Agnes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems
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| genre |
medieval romance
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romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse narrative ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later Victorian medievalist poetry ⓘ |
| imageryType |
religious imagery
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sensual imagery ⓘ visual imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Romantic movement ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of romance and superstition
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rich sensuous description ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 42 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Taylor and Hessey ⓘ |
| settingPlace | a medieval castle ⓘ |
| settingTime | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | Spenserian stanza ⓘ |
| theme |
dream versus reality
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escape and elopement ⓘ love ⓘ religion and ritual ⓘ sensuality ⓘ superstition ⓘ youth and age ⓘ |
| tone |
melancholic
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romantic ⓘ sensuous ⓘ |
| writtenBy | John Keats ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
subject surface form:
Lamia (poem)
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems
subject surface form:
Lamia (poem)
this entity surface form:
The Eve of St Agnes
this entity surface form:
“The Eve of St Agnes”
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems
this entity surface form:
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems