The Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed")
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"The Darkling Thrush" (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed") is an earlier, more explicitly fin-de-siècle draft of Thomas Hardy’s famous poem, reflecting his bleak view of the dying nineteenth century before he revised it into its better-known form.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed") canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12263819 — 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 Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed") Context triple: [Wessex Poems and Other Verses, hasNotablePoem, The Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed")]
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A.
Blackberry-Picking
"Blackberry-Picking" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that nostalgically reflects on childhood, desire, and the inevitable disappointment that comes with decay and loss.
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B.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" is a famous opening line from Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, evoking an ideal of simple, contemplative pleasure in nature.
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C.
Autumn (poem)
"Autumn" is a brief, imagist poem by T. E. Hulme that vividly captures the season’s atmosphere through precise, concrete imagery.
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D.
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 73 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on aging, mortality, and the deepening of love in the face of time’s decay.
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E.
The Haunted Palace
"The Haunted Palace" is a 1963 American gothic horror film loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft’s work and marketed as part of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle.
- 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 Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed") Target entity description: "The Darkling Thrush" (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed") is an earlier, more explicitly fin-de-siècle draft of Thomas Hardy’s famous poem, reflecting his bleak view of the dying nineteenth century before he revised it into its better-known form.
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A.
Blackberry-Picking
"Blackberry-Picking" is a well-known poem by Seamus Heaney that nostalgically reflects on childhood, desire, and the inevitable disappointment that comes with decay and loss.
-
B.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" is a famous opening line from Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, evoking an ideal of simple, contemplative pleasure in nature.
-
C.
Autumn (poem)
"Autumn" is a brief, imagist poem by T. E. Hulme that vividly captures the season’s atmosphere through precise, concrete imagery.
-
D.
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 73 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on aging, mortality, and the deepening of love in the face of time’s decay.
-
E.
The Haunted Palace
"The Haunted Palace" is a 1963 American gothic horror film loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft’s work and marketed as part of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Wessex Poems and Other Verses
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hasNotablePoem
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The Darkling Thrush (early version, "By the Century’s Deathbed")
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