The Awful Rowing Toward God
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The Awful Rowing Toward God is a posthumously published poetry collection by Anne Sexton that explores her intense spiritual struggles, psychological turmoil, and search for meaning in the face of death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Awful Rowing Toward God canonical | 3 |
| 1975: The Awful Rowing Toward God | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Awful Rowing Toward God Context triple: [Anne Sexton, notableWork, The Awful Rowing Toward God]
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The Believer
The Believer is a 2001 drama film about a young Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi, known for its intense exploration of identity and extremism.
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B.
The Blue and Brown Books
The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
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C.
Morning Is My Godmother
"Morning Is My Godmother" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, featured on his 2019 album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
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D.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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E.
Child of God
Child of God is a dark, Southern Gothic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the violent descent of an outcast man in rural Tennessee into extreme depravity and isolation.
- 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: The Awful Rowing Toward God Target entity description: The Awful Rowing Toward God is a posthumously published poetry collection by Anne Sexton that explores her intense spiritual struggles, psychological turmoil, and search for meaning in the face of death.
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A.
The Believer
The Believer is a 2001 drama film about a young Jewish man who becomes a neo-Nazi, known for its intense exploration of identity and extremism.
-
B.
The Blue and Brown Books
The Blue and Brown Books are posthumously published sets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s lecture notes that mark his transition from the ideas of the Tractatus to the later philosophy of language developed in Philosophical Investigations.
-
C.
Morning Is My Godmother
"Morning Is My Godmother" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, featured on his 2019 album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest."
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D.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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E.
Child of God
Child of God is a dark, Southern Gothic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows the violent descent of an outcast man in rural Tennessee into extreme depravity and isolation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Anne Sexton ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
afterlife
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doubt ⓘ faith ⓘ mortality ⓘ redemption ⓘ relationship with God ⓘ sin ⓘ |
| follows | The Death Notebooks ⓘ |
| genre |
confessional poetry
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
God
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death ⓘ mental illness ⓘ self ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Awful Rowing Toward God self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
death
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psychological turmoil ⓘ search for God ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of religious imagery and personal experience
ⓘ
raw treatment of spirituality ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | late work of Anne Sexton ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Live or Die
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The Death Notebooks ⓘ Transformations ⓘ |
| structure | collection of poems ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism on confessional poetry
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scholarly analysis of religion in modern American poetry ⓘ |
| tone |
despairing
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intense ⓘ searching ⓘ |
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1975: The Awful Rowing Toward God