Home Burial
E111830
Home Burial is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that portrays the emotional estrangement of a grieving couple after the death of their child.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Home Burial canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T957304 — 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: Home Burial Context triple: [Robert Frost, notableWork, Home Burial]
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A.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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B.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its multiple narrators and stream-of-consciousness style as it follows a Southern family's journey to bury their matriarch.
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C.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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D.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
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E.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
- 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: Home Burial Target entity description: Home Burial is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that portrays the emotional estrangement of a grieving couple after the death of their child.
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A.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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B.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its multiple narrators and stream-of-consciousness style as it follows a Southern family's journey to bury their matriarch.
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C.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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D.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
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E.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
communication breakdown
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death of a child ⓘ gendered responses to grief ⓘ grief ⓘ marital estrangement ⓘ |
| collection | North of Boston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dialogueDominance | predominantly dialogue ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | North of Boston ⓘ |
| form | blank verse ⓘ |
| genre |
dramatic dialogue
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasDialogueBetween | husband and wife ⓘ |
| hasThemeOf |
class and rural life
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emotional repression ⓘ inability to share grief ⓘ isolation ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Poetry of Robert Frost ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
colloquial speech
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dramatic irony ⓘ enjambment ⓘ imagery of rural labor ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
New England regionalism
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linked to:
New England literary culture
modernism ⓘ
linked to:
Modernism
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| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person dramatic ⓘ |
| primaryCharacters |
husband
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wife ⓘ |
| publisher | David Nutt ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural New England ⓘ |
| structure | single continuous scene ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
marital conflict after bereavement
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psychological impact of loss ⓘ |
| symbol |
child’s grave
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path to the graveyard ⓘ staircase ⓘ window ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
intense
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tragic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Home Burial Description of subject: Home Burial is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that portrays the emotional estrangement of a grieving couple after the death of their child.
Referenced by (5)
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