The Pains of Sleep
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The Pains of Sleep is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that vividly explores themes of guilt, terror, and psychological torment experienced in dreams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Pains of Sleep canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5928819 — 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 Pains of Sleep Context triple: [Christabel, firstPublishedWith, The Pains of Sleep]
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A.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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B.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep is a landmark 1934 novel by Henry Roth that portrays the inner life and struggles of a young Jewish immigrant boy growing up in New York City's Lower East Side.
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C.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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D.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
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E.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
- 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 Pains of Sleep Target entity description: The Pains of Sleep is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that vividly explores themes of guilt, terror, and psychological torment experienced in dreams.
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A.
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep is a 1956 American horror film featuring a mad surgeon who experiments on human brains, notable for its cast of classic horror stars.
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B.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep is a landmark 1934 novel by Henry Roth that portrays the inner life and struggles of a young Jewish immigrant boy growing up in New York City's Lower East Side.
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C.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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D.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
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E.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| form | first-person narrative poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 19th century literature ⓘ |
| meter | irregular meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Pains of Sleep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Pains of Sleep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| style |
dramatic monologue-like qualities
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emotional introspection ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
disturbing dreams
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inner psychological conflict ⓘ moral self-judgment ⓘ |
| theme |
conscience
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dreams ⓘ fear ⓘ guilt ⓘ nightmares ⓘ psychological torment ⓘ remorse ⓘ spiritual anguish ⓘ terror ⓘ |
| tone |
anguished
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confessional ⓘ intense ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Pains of Sleep Description of subject: The Pains of Sleep is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge that vividly explores themes of guilt, terror, and psychological torment experienced in dreams.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.