Riprap (poem)
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"Riprap" is a 1959 free-verse poem by American poet Gary Snyder that reflects his experiences as a trail-crew laborer in the Sierra Nevada, blending vivid natural imagery with themes of physical work and Buddhist-influenced perception.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Riprap (poem) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13035237 — 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: Riprap (poem) Context triple: [Riprap, hasPoem, Riprap (poem)]
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A.
Letter To An Old Poet
"Letter To An Old Poet" is a track featured on the album "The Record," known for its introspective, lyrically driven style.
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B.
Mending Wall
"Mending Wall" is a widely studied narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of boundaries, tradition, and human relationships through the annual ritual of repairing a stone wall between neighbors.
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C.
The Pitchfork (poem)
"The Pitchfork" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that reflects his characteristic blend of rural imagery, memory, and meditative insight.
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D.
Lake Poets
The Lake Poets were a group of early 19th-century English Romantic writers, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, whose work was closely associated with the landscapes and rural life of England’s Lake District.
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E.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
- 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: Riprap (poem) Target entity description: "Riprap" is a 1959 free-verse poem by American poet Gary Snyder that reflects his experiences as a trail-crew laborer in the Sierra Nevada, blending vivid natural imagery with themes of physical work and Buddhist-influenced perception.
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A.
Letter To An Old Poet
"Letter To An Old Poet" is a track featured on the album "The Record," known for its introspective, lyrically driven style.
-
B.
Mending Wall
"Mending Wall" is a widely studied narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of boundaries, tradition, and human relationships through the annual ritual of repairing a stone wall between neighbors.
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C.
The Pitchfork (poem)
"The Pitchfork" is a poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that reflects his characteristic blend of rural imagery, memory, and meditative insight.
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D.
Lake Poets
The Lake Poets were a group of early 19th-century English Romantic writers, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, whose work was closely associated with the landscapes and rural life of England’s Lake District.
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E.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Gary Snyder ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | free verse ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Buddhist perception
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attention and mindfulness ⓘ interconnection of mind and landscape ⓘ language as physical texture ⓘ manual labor ⓘ nature ⓘ physical work as spiritual practice ⓘ |
| hasTitleWordplay | riprap as rockwork and poem structure ⓘ |
| inCollection | Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhism
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Gary Snyder's trail-crew work ⓘ Zen Buddhism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| meter | non-metrical ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| setting |
Sierra Nevada mountains
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linked to:
Sierra Nevada
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| subjectMatter |
bodily labor
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mountain landscape ⓘ rock and stone ⓘ trail construction ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
enjambment
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Riprap (poem) Description of subject: "Riprap" is a 1959 free-verse poem by American poet Gary Snyder that reflects his experiences as a trail-crew laborer in the Sierra Nevada, blending vivid natural imagery with themes of physical work and Buddhist-influenced perception.
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