Sonnet 138
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Sonnet 138 is one of William Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets, notable for its ironic exploration of love, deception, and self-delusion in a mature romantic relationship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonnet 138 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5110054 — 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: Sonnet 138 Context triple: [Sonnets, hasPart, Sonnet 138]
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A.
Sonnet 94
Sonnet 94 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and morally complex sonnets, often noted for its meditation on power, restraint, and corruption.
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B.
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
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C.
Sonnet 129
Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
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D.
Sonnet 30
Sonnet 30 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on themes of memory, loss, and the consoling power of friendship.
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E.
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 29 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, known for its shift from deep despair to emotional renewal through the thought of a beloved friend.
- 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: Sonnet 138 Target entity description: Sonnet 138 is one of William Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets, notable for its ironic exploration of love, deception, and self-delusion in a mature romantic relationship.
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A.
Sonnet 94
Sonnet 94 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and morally complex sonnets, often noted for its meditation on power, restraint, and corruption.
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B.
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
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C.
Sonnet 129
Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
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D.
Sonnet 30
Sonnet 30 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on themes of memory, loss, and the consoling power of friendship.
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E.
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 29 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, known for its shift from deep despair to emotional renewal through the thought of a beloved friend.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
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Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressee | a mistress ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between truth and comforting lies ⓘ |
| collection | Shakespearean sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstLine | When my love swears that she is made of truth ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| hasCoupletFunction | epigrammatic conclusion ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later interpretations of Shakespeare’s treatment of the Dark Lady ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| isOftenGroupedWith | Dark Lady sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublication | Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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irony ⓘ metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
exploration of mature love rather than idealized love
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mutual acceptance of lies in a relationship ⓘ self-conscious commentary on truth and falsehood ⓘ use of paradox ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 14 ⓘ |
| originalPublication | The Passionate Pilgrim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1599 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| sonnetSequencePosition | 138 ⓘ |
| speaker | an aging male lover ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
the speaker’s awareness of his mistress’s lies
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the speaker’s own lies about his age ⓘ the speaker’s willingness to be deceived ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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appearance versus reality ⓘ deception ⓘ love ⓘ mutual dishonesty ⓘ self-delusion ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| tone |
cynical
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ironic ⓘ wry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sonnet 138 Description of subject: Sonnet 138 is one of William Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets, notable for its ironic exploration of love, deception, and self-delusion in a mature romantic relationship.
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