Ariel
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Ariel is a posthumously published poetry collection by Sylvia Plath that is widely regarded as her most powerful and influential work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ariel canonical | 16 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ariel Context triple: [Sylvia Plath, notableWork, Ariel]
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Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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Sophia
Sophia of the Palatinate was a 17th-century German princess and Electress of Hanover, best known as the mother of King George I of Great Britain and a key figure in the Protestant succession to the British throne.
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Sebastian
Sebastian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
- 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: Ariel Target entity description: Ariel is a posthumously published poetry collection by Sylvia Plath that is widely regarded as her most powerful and influential work.
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A.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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B.
Maia
Maia is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiades and the mother of the god Hermes.
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C.
Sophia
Sophia of the Palatinate was a 17th-century German princess and Electress of Hanover, best known as the mother of King George I of Great Britain and a key figure in the Protestant succession to the British throne.
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D.
Sebastian
Sebastian is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many European and English-speaking countries.
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E.
Pauletta
Pauletta is a feminine given name, typically considered a diminutive or variant of Paula or Pauline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sylvia Plath's suicide ⓘ |
| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Ariel (poem)
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Daddy ⓘ Death & Co. ⓘ Edge ⓘ Fever 103° ⓘ Lady Lazarus ⓘ Poppies in July ⓘ Sheep in Fog ⓘ The Applicant ⓘ Tulips ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
widely regarded as Sylvia Plath's most influential work
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widely regarded as Sylvia Plath's most powerful work ⓘ |
| editor | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| firstUKPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| firstUSPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1965 UK edition edited by Ted Hughes
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1966 US edition edited by Ted Hughes ⓘ 2004 restored edition edited by Frieda Hughes ⓘ |
| hasForm |
free verse
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | about 80 pages ⓘ |
| influenced |
confessional poets
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contemporary feminist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of female experience
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innovative use of language ⓘ intense emotional imagery ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| placeOfWriting |
Devon
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surface form:
Devon, England
London, England ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publisher |
Faber and Faber
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Harper & Row ⓘ |
| restoredEditionEditor | Frieda Hughes ⓘ |
| restoredEditionPublicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
death
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identity ⓘ marriage ⓘ mental illness ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | 1961–1963 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (16)
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