Mr. Flood’s Party
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"Mr. Flood’s Party" is a narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that portrays an aging, isolated man reflecting on his past and the passage of time during a solitary, symbolic celebration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Flood’s Party canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5452407 — 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: Mr. Flood’s Party Context triple: [Collected Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, hasNotablePoem, Mr. Flood’s Party]
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A.
Dykes to Watch Out For
Dykes to Watch Out For is a long-running, influential comic strip by Alison Bechdel that chronicles the lives and politics of a diverse group of lesbian friends.
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B.
The Last Party
The Last Party is a memoir by Adele Morales recounting her tumultuous marriage to writer Norman Mailer and the bohemian New York literary scene of the mid-20th century.
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C.
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South was an English pop/rock band formed by former members of The Housemartins, known for their wry, melodic songs and chart success in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
The Crowds
The Crowds is an English title for the 39th chapter of the Qur’an, which emphasizes sincere worship of God alone and contrasts the fates of believers and disbelievers.
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E.
Love in the Days of Rage
Love in the Days of Rage is a short novel by Lawrence Ferlinghetti that intertwines a passionate love affair with the political upheaval of the May 1968 Paris student and worker uprisings.
- 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: Mr. Flood’s Party Target entity description: "Mr. Flood’s Party" is a narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that portrays an aging, isolated man reflecting on his past and the passage of time during a solitary, symbolic celebration.
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A.
Dykes to Watch Out For
Dykes to Watch Out For is a long-running, influential comic strip by Alison Bechdel that chronicles the lives and politics of a diverse group of lesbian friends.
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B.
The Last Party
The Last Party is a memoir by Adele Morales recounting her tumultuous marriage to writer Norman Mailer and the bohemian New York literary scene of the mid-20th century.
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C.
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South was an English pop/rock band formed by former members of The Housemartins, known for their wry, melodic songs and chart success in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
The Crowds
The Crowds is an English title for the 39th chapter of the Qur’an, which emphasizes sincere worship of God alone and contrasts the fates of believers and disbelievers.
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E.
Love in the Days of Rage
Love in the Days of Rage is a short novel by Lawrence Ferlinghetti that intertwines a passionate love affair with the political upheaval of the May 1968 Paris student and worker uprisings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Edwin Arlington Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | tragic figure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReputation | one of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s best-known poems ⓘ |
| depicts | a symbolic party held by one person ⓘ |
| firstPublication | The Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
the contrast between past vitality and present decline
ⓘ
the inner life of an elderly man ⓘ |
| form |
metrical verse
ⓘ
rhymed verse ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasTone |
elegiac
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| includedIn | Collected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eben Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| portrays |
an aging man reflecting on his past
ⓘ
emotional and social isolation ⓘ |
| protagonist | Eben Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| setting |
a hill above a New England town
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| studiedIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | the psychological effects of aging and social marginalization ⓘ |
| symbol |
harvest moon
ⓘ
solitary celebration ⓘ wine jug ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
allusion
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ irony ⓘ personification ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
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Subject: Mr. Flood’s Party Description of subject: "Mr. Flood’s Party" is a narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that portrays an aging, isolated man reflecting on his past and the passage of time during a solitary, symbolic celebration.
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