The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter
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"The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter" is Ezra Pound’s renowned imagist adaptation of a classical Chinese poem, presenting a young wife’s evolving love and longing for her absent husband in a series of intimate, reflective verses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The River-Merchant’s Wife | 1 |
| The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12433900 — 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 River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter Context triple: [Cathay, hasPoem, The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter]
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A.
The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems is a 1917 poetry collection by American poet Vachel Lindsay, noted for its musical, chant-like verse and imaginative, fairy-tale imagery.
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B.
The Spirit of Oriental Poetry
The Spirit of Oriental Poetry is a reflective work by Puran Singh that explores the philosophical depth, spiritual sensibility, and aesthetic traditions of Eastern poetic thought.
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C.
A Few Late Chrysanthemums
A Few Late Chrysanthemums is a poetry collection by English poet John Betjeman, showcasing his characteristic blend of nostalgia, wit, and keen observation of mid-20th-century British life.
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D.
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry are a canonical group of celebrated classical Japanese poets traditionally regarded as exemplars of waka verse.
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E.
The Double Dream of Spring
The Double Dream of Spring is a 1970 poetry collection by John Ashbery known for its dense, surreal, and linguistically inventive exploration of perception and consciousness.
- 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 River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter Target entity description: "The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter" is Ezra Pound’s renowned imagist adaptation of a classical Chinese poem, presenting a young wife’s evolving love and longing for her absent husband in a series of intimate, reflective verses.
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A.
The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems is a 1917 poetry collection by American poet Vachel Lindsay, noted for its musical, chant-like verse and imaginative, fairy-tale imagery.
-
B.
The Spirit of Oriental Poetry
The Spirit of Oriental Poetry is a reflective work by Puran Singh that explores the philosophical depth, spiritual sensibility, and aesthetic traditions of Eastern poetic thought.
-
C.
A Few Late Chrysanthemums
A Few Late Chrysanthemums is a poetry collection by English poet John Betjeman, showcasing his characteristic blend of nostalgia, wit, and keen observation of mid-20th-century British life.
-
D.
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry
The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry are a canonical group of celebrated classical Japanese poets traditionally regarded as exemplars of waka verse.
-
E.
The Double Dream of Spring
The Double Dream of Spring is a 1970 poetry collection by John Ashbery known for its dense, surreal, and linguistically inventive exploration of perception and consciousness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.