I died for Beauty—but was scarce
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"I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is a short, enigmatic lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the kinship between beauty and truth through a posthumous dialogue between two dead speakers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| I died for Beauty—but was scarce canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T726558 — 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: I died for Beauty—but was scarce Context triple: [Emily Dickinson, notableWork, I died for Beauty—but was scarce]
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A.
She Walks in Beauty
She Walks in Beauty is a celebrated lyric poem by Lord Byron that praises a woman's serene and harmonious beauty through rich, romantic imagery.
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B.
Annabel Lee
"Annabel Lee" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe that tells a hauntingly romantic tale of eternal love and loss set in a kingdom by the sea.
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C.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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D.
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" is a mock-elegiac poem by Thomas Gray that humorously recounts the drowning of a cat while offering a moral about vanity and temptation.
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E.
A Psalm of Life
"A Psalm of Life" is a widely anthologized 1838 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that urges readers to live actively, purposefully, and optimistically in the face of life's brevity and challenges.
- 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: I died for Beauty—but was scarce Target entity description: "I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is a short, enigmatic lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the kinship between beauty and truth through a posthumous dialogue between two dead speakers.
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A.
She Walks in Beauty
She Walks in Beauty is a celebrated lyric poem by Lord Byron that praises a woman's serene and harmonious beauty through rich, romantic imagery.
-
B.
Annabel Lee
"Annabel Lee" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe that tells a hauntingly romantic tale of eternal love and loss set in a kingdom by the sea.
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C.
the Form of Beauty
The Form of Beauty is Plato’s eternal, unchanging, and perfect archetype of beauty itself, which all beautiful things imperfectly imitate and which the soul ultimately seeks to contemplate.
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D.
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" is a mock-elegiac poem by Thomas Gray that humorously recounts the drowning of a cat while offering a moral about vanity and temptation.
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E.
A Psalm of Life
"A Psalm of Life" is a widely anthologized 1838 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that urges readers to live actively, purposefully, and optimistically in the face of life's brevity and challenges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ short poem ⓘ |
| author | Emily Dickinson ⓘ |
| centralMotif | conversation in adjoining tombs ⓘ |
| character |
man who died for truth
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speaker who died for beauty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstLine | I died for Beauty—but was scarce ⓘ |
| form | lyric ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Romanticism ⓘ |
| interpretation |
implies that beauty and truth are closely related ideals
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suggests affinity between those who die for beauty and those who die for truth ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 12 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American poetry of the 19th century
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Transcendentalist-influenced poetry ⓘ |
| meter | common meter ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| posthumousPublication | true ⓘ |
| publicationStatusDuringAuthorLife | unpublished ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | alternating rhyme ⓘ |
| setting |
grave
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tomb ⓘ |
| speaker | dead person who died for beauty ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 3 ⓘ |
| structure | three stanzas ⓘ |
| styleFeature |
compressed imagery
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elliptical syntax ⓘ frequent dashes ⓘ unconventional capitalization ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
dialogue between two dead speakers
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relationship between beauty and truth ⓘ |
| symbol |
moss covering the names on the tombs
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tomb as boundary between life and death ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty
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communication beyond death ⓘ death ⓘ identity ⓘ kinship between beauty and truth ⓘ mortality ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| titleByFirstLine | true ⓘ |
| tone |
enigmatic
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meditative ⓘ somber ⓘ |
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Subject: I died for Beauty—but was scarce Description of subject: "I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is a short, enigmatic lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the kinship between beauty and truth through a posthumous dialogue between two dead speakers.
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