The Windhover
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The Windhover is a celebrated sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that vividly depicts a falcon in flight as a symbol of spiritual beauty and divine glory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Windhover canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5686054 — 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 Windhover Context triple: [Gerard Manley Hopkins, notableWork, The Windhover]
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A.
To a Skylark
"To a Skylark" is a renowned Romantic lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that celebrates the skylark as a symbol of pure, transcendent joy and poetic inspiration.
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B.
Leda and the Swan
"Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet by W.B. Yeats that vividly retells the Greek myth of Zeus’s rape of Leda, exploring themes of violence, power, and the origins of historical catastrophe.
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C.
Sailing to Byzantium
"Sailing to Byzantium" is a celebrated poem by W.B. Yeats that meditates on aging, mortality, and the pursuit of spiritual and artistic transcendence.
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D.
Blackberry-Picking
"Blackberry-Picking" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that nostalgically reflects on childhood, desire, and the inevitable disappointment that comes with decay and loss.
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E.
A narrow Fellow in the Grass
"A narrow Fellow in the Grass" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly personifies a snake encountered in nature, exploring themes of fear, fascination, and the uncanny in the natural world.
- 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 Windhover Target entity description: The Windhover is a celebrated sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that vividly depicts a falcon in flight as a symbol of spiritual beauty and divine glory.
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A.
To a Skylark
"To a Skylark" is a renowned Romantic lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that celebrates the skylark as a symbol of pure, transcendent joy and poetic inspiration.
-
B.
Leda and the Swan
"Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet by W.B. Yeats that vividly retells the Greek myth of Zeus’s rape of Leda, exploring themes of violence, power, and the origins of historical catastrophe.
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C.
Sailing to Byzantium
"Sailing to Byzantium" is a celebrated poem by W.B. Yeats that meditates on aging, mortality, and the pursuit of spiritual and artistic transcendence.
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D.
Blackberry-Picking
"Blackberry-Picking" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that nostalgically reflects on childhood, desire, and the inevitable disappointment that comes with decay and loss.
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E.
A narrow Fellow in the Grass
"A narrow Fellow in the Grass" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly personifies a snake encountered in nature, exploring themes of fear, fascination, and the uncanny in the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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sonnet ⓘ |
| author | Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorReligiousOrder | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionDate | 1877 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
celebrated nature lyric
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one of Hopkins's finest poems ⓘ |
| dedication | To Christ our Lord ⓘ |
| editorOfFirstPublication | Robert Bridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstLine | I caught this morning morning's minion, king- ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
nature poetry
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
fire and burning
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plough and soil ⓘ shining metal ⓘ |
| influenceOn | 20th-century modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lexicalFeature |
compressed syntax
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use of archaic diction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Jesuit poetry
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Victorian poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | sprung rhythm ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex imagery
ⓘ
compound words ⓘ dense alliteration ⓘ innovative rhythm ⓘ neologisms ⓘ |
| openingImage | falcon riding the wind ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | St Beuno's, Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABBAABBA CDCDCD ⓘ |
| subject | a falcon in flight ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Christ
NERFINISHED
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divine glory ⓘ spiritual beauty ⓘ |
| theme |
ecstasy in spiritual vision
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incarnation of Christ ⓘ nature and spirituality ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ sacrifice and suffering ⓘ |
| tone |
ecstatic
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reverent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Windhover Description of subject: The Windhover is a celebrated sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins that vividly depicts a falcon in flight as a symbol of spiritual beauty and divine glory.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.