The Harvest Bow
E519069
The Harvest Bow is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on rural Irish life, memory, and a tender father-son relationship through the image of a hand-plaited straw bow.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Harvest Bow canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439483 — 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 Harvest Bow Context triple: [Field Work, hasPoem, The Harvest Bow]
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A.
Gandiva bow
The Gandiva bow is the legendary celestial weapon of the hero Arjuna in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for its immense power and divine origin.
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B.
the Bow of Sagittarius
The Bow of Sagittarius is a prominent asterism within the constellation Sagittarius that outlines the archer’s drawn bow using some of its brightest stars.
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C.
The Lance
The Lance is the English translation of "Lansen," the name given to the Swedish Saab 32 jet aircraft.
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D.
Swirral Edge
Swirral Edge is a narrow, rocky arête in England’s Lake District, known as one of the classic scrambling routes leading to the summit of Helvellyn.
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E.
Barrow-blade
Barrow-blade is an enchanted sword from the Barrow-downs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notable for being carried by Samwise Gamgee during the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
- 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 Harvest Bow Target entity description: The Harvest Bow is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on rural Irish life, memory, and a tender father-son relationship through the image of a hand-plaited straw bow.
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A.
Gandiva bow
The Gandiva bow is the legendary celestial weapon of the hero Arjuna in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for its immense power and divine origin.
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B.
the Bow of Sagittarius
The Bow of Sagittarius is a prominent asterism within the constellation Sagittarius that outlines the archer’s drawn bow using some of its brightest stars.
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C.
The Lance
The Lance is the English translation of "Lansen," the name given to the Swedish Saab 32 jet aircraft.
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D.
Swirral Edge
Swirral Edge is a narrow, rocky arête in England’s Lake District, known as one of the classic scrambling routes leading to the summit of Helvellyn.
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E.
Barrow-blade
Barrow-blade is an enchanted sword from the Barrow-downs in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, notable for being carried by Samwise Gamgee during the quest of the Fellowship of the Ring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Seamus Heaney’s memories of his father ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralImage | hand-plaited straw bow ⓘ |
| concerns |
ordinary rural work as art
ⓘ
relationship between past and present ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
a father plaiting straw
ⓘ
a son observing and remembering ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Catholic rural community in mid-20th-century Ireland ⓘ |
| includedIn | a collection by Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
enjambment
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | late 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Northern Ireland countryside
ⓘ
rural County Derry ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Irish literature courses
ⓘ
modern poetry curricula ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
emotional restraint in rural families
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harvest traditions ⓘ intergenerational memory ⓘ manual farm labour ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
connection between father and son
ⓘ
continuity of rural tradition ⓘ memory preserved in objects ⓘ unspoken affection ⓘ |
| theme |
craft and handiwork
ⓘ
family bonds ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ rural Irish life ⓘ rural tradition ⓘ silence and unspoken emotion ⓘ time and aging ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ tender ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: The Harvest Bow Description of subject: The Harvest Bow is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on rural Irish life, memory, and a tender father-son relationship through the image of a hand-plaited straw bow.
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