Full Fathom Five
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"Full Fathom Five" is a poem by Sylvia Plath, notable for its vivid sea imagery and exploration of themes of death, myth, and the elusive father figure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Full Fathom Five canonical | 1 |
| Full fathom five | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3288552 — 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: Full Fathom Five Context triple: [The Colossus and Other Poems, containsPoem, Full Fathom Five]
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A.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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B.
Ophelia Among the Flowers
"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia in a dreamlike, floral setting.
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C.
Poor, Poor Ophelia
"Poor, Poor Ophelia" is a crime novel by Carolyn Weston featuring police detectives whose cases inspired the television series "The Streets of San Francisco."
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D.
Ondine
Ondine is a Finnish classical music record label renowned for high-quality recordings of Nordic and contemporary repertoire.
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E.
Ondine
Ondine is a 1954 Broadway play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, in which Audrey Hepburn gave an acclaimed, Tony-winning performance as a water nymph.
- 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: Full Fathom Five Target entity description: "Full Fathom Five" is a poem by Sylvia Plath, notable for its vivid sea imagery and exploration of themes of death, myth, and the elusive father figure.
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A.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
-
B.
Ophelia Among the Flowers
"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is a symbolist painting by Odilon Redon that reimagines Shakespeare’s tragic heroine Ophelia in a dreamlike, floral setting.
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C.
Poor, Poor Ophelia
"Poor, Poor Ophelia" is a crime novel by Carolyn Weston featuring police detectives whose cases inspired the television series "The Streets of San Francisco."
-
D.
Ondine
Ondine is a Finnish classical music record label renowned for high-quality recordings of Nordic and contemporary repertoire.
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E.
Ondine
Ondine is a 1954 Broadway play by Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency, in which Audrey Hepburn gave an acclaimed, Tony-winning performance as a water nymph.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Ariel (spirit)
ⓘ
Full fathom five thy father lies ⓘ The Tempest ⓘ |
| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
ambivalence toward the father
ⓘ
distance between speaker and father ⓘ mythologizing of the father ⓘ power of the unconscious ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure | father ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation |
important early Plath poem
ⓘ
noted for vivid sea imagery ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryAllusion | Shakespearean sea dirge ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeVoice | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | Shakespearean phrase ⓘ |
| imageryType |
marine imagery
ⓘ
mythological imagery ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| influencedBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| motif |
depths and fathoms
ⓘ
drowning ⓘ mythic father ⓘ sea imagery ⓘ |
| period | mid-20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Daddy
ⓘ
Electra on Azalea Path ⓘ The Colossus ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Sylvia Plath scholarship
ⓘ
modern poetry courses ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
elusive father figure ⓘ father–daughter relationship ⓘ identity ⓘ myth ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| tone |
ambivalent
ⓘ
haunting ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Full Fathom Five Description of subject: "Full Fathom Five" is a poem by Sylvia Plath, notable for its vivid sea imagery and exploration of themes of death, myth, and the elusive father figure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Come unto these yellow sands
this entity surface form:
Full fathom five