Sonnet 31 "With how sad steps, O Moon"
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Sonnet 31, "With how sad steps, O Moon," is a famous lyric in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella sequence that uses an apostrophe to the moon to explore unrequited love and emotional melancholy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonnet 31 "With how sad steps, O Moon" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7043862 — 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 31 "With how sad steps, O Moon" Context triple: [Astrophil and Stella, notableSonnet, Sonnet 31 "With how sad steps, O Moon"]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Sonnet 60
Sonnet 60 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, meditating on the relentless passage of time and its effects on human life and beauty.
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D.
Sonnet 20
Sonnet 20 is one of William Shakespeare’s most discussed sonnets, notable for its exploration of gender, beauty, and desire in the context of the Fair Youth sequence.
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E.
Sonnet 129
Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
- 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 31 "With how sad steps, O Moon" Target entity description: Sonnet 31, "With how sad steps, O Moon," is a famous lyric in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella sequence that uses an apostrophe to the moon to explore unrequited love and emotional melancholy.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Sonnet 60
Sonnet 60 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, meditating on the relentless passage of time and its effects on human life and beauty.
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D.
Sonnet 20
Sonnet 20 is one of William Shakespeare’s most discussed sonnets, notable for its exploration of gender, beauty, and desire in the context of the Fair Youth sequence.
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E.
Sonnet 129
Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Renaissance poem
ⓘ
lyric poem ⓘ sonnet ⓘ |
| addressedTo | the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| asks | whether the Moon knows the pains of love ⓘ |
| author | Sir Philip Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belovedCharacter | Stella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedWith | other sonnets in Astrophil and Stella ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| compares | the Moon’s sadness to the lover’s sadness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| explores |
the pain of unreturned affection
ⓘ
the universality of love’s woes ⓘ |
| firstLine | With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb’st the skies! ⓘ |
| form | sonnet sequence component ⓘ |
| genre | love sonnet ⓘ |
| imagery |
celestial imagery
ⓘ
love-sickness imagery ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Petrarchan love poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterMedium | print ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
conceit
ⓘ
rhetorical question ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metricalForm | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of Petrarchan motifs to English verse
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intimate apostrophe to a celestial body ⓘ psychological introspection of the lover ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript circulation ⓘ |
| partOf | Astrophil and Stella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
emotional suffering
ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| questions | the constancy and virtue of the beloved ⓘ |
| secondaryTheme |
courtly love conventions
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projection of feelings onto nature ⓘ self-pity ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | 31 ⓘ |
| setIn | a night sky scene ⓘ |
| speaker | Astrophil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English poetry surveys
ⓘ
Renaissance literature courses ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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melancholic ⓘ |
| usesFigureOfSpeech |
apostrophe
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personification ⓘ |
| usesRhymeScheme | Petrarchan-influenced rhyme scheme ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sonnet 31 "With how sad steps, O Moon" Description of subject: Sonnet 31, "With how sad steps, O Moon," is a famous lyric in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella sequence that uses an apostrophe to the moon to explore unrequited love and emotional melancholy.
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