The Branch Will Not Break
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The Branch Will Not Break is a celebrated 1963 poetry collection by American poet James Wright, known for its vivid Midwestern imagery and pivotal role in the development of contemporary American lyric poetry.
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| The Branch Will Not Break canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Branch Will Not Break Context triple: [James Wright, notableWork, The Branch Will Not Break]
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A.
Unbroken Chain
"Unbroken Chain" is a complex, psychedelic-tinged song by the Grateful Dead known for its intricate composition and rich, atmospheric sound.
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B.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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C.
The Splitting Asunder
The Splitting Asunder is the English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Inshiqaq, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly depicts the sky and earth being torn apart on the Day of Judgment.
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D.
The Folding Up
The Folding Up is the English translation of the name of Surah At-Takwir, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the cosmic upheavals of the Day of Judgment.
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E.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Branch Will Not Break Target entity description: The Branch Will Not Break is a celebrated 1963 poetry collection by American poet James Wright, known for its vivid Midwestern imagery and pivotal role in the development of contemporary American lyric poetry.
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A.
Unbroken Chain
"Unbroken Chain" is a complex, psychedelic-tinged song by the Grateful Dead known for its intricate composition and rich, atmospheric sound.
-
B.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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C.
The Splitting Asunder
The Splitting Asunder is the English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Inshiqaq, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly depicts the sky and earth being torn apart on the Day of Judgment.
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D.
The Folding Up
The Folding Up is the English translation of the name of Surah At-Takwir, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the cosmic upheavals of the Day of Judgment.
-
E.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | James Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | celebrated by critics as a landmark of mid‑20th‑century American poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
American poetry
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
A Blessing
NERFINISHED
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A Dream of Burial NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dream of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dream of My Father NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dream of My Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dream of the Rood NERFINISHED ⓘ A Message Hidden in an Empty Wine Bottle That I Threw into a Gully of Maple Trees One Night at an Indecent Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ A Prayer to Escape from the Market Place NERFINISHED ⓘ A Small Elegy NERFINISHED ⓘ A Song for the Middle of the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ A Winter Day in Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Depressed by a Book of Bad Poetry, I Walk Toward an Unused Pasture and Invite the Insects to Join Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear Is What Quickens Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium NERFINISHED ⓘ Having Lost My Sons, I Confront the Wreckage of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hook ⓘ In Memory of the Horse David, Who Ate One of My Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ In Response to a Rumor That the Oldest Whorehouse in Wheeling, West Virginia Has Been Condemned NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Cold House NERFINISHED ⓘ Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Milkweed NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jewel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Minneapolis Poem NERFINISHED ⓘ Today I Was So Happy, So I Wrote This Poem NERFINISHED ⓘ Two Hangovers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
imagistic free verse
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plainspoken diction ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of American lyric poets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on contemporary American lyric poetry
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vivid Midwestern imagery ⓘ |
| partOf | James Wright’s poetic oeuvre ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Wesleyan University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Midwestern working‑class life
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isolation ⓘ nature ⓘ spiritual longing ⓘ |
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Subject: The Branch Will Not Break Description of subject: The Branch Will Not Break is a celebrated 1963 poetry collection by American poet James Wright, known for its vivid Midwestern imagery and pivotal role in the development of contemporary American lyric poetry.
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subject surface form:
James Wright