A Lecture on Modern Poetry
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A Lecture on Modern Poetry is an influential critical essay by T. E. Hulme that helped articulate early modernist ideas about poetic form and language.
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| A Lecture on Modern Poetry canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Lecture on Modern Poetry Context triple: [T. E. Hulme, notableWork, A Lecture on Modern Poetry]
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A.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
The Mutability of Literature
"The Mutability of Literature" is a reflective essay by Washington Irving, presented as part of his Sketch Book, that meditates wryly on the transience of books and literary fame.
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D.
The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems is Sylvia Plath’s first published poetry collection, showcasing her early distinctive voice and themes of identity, death, and psychological turmoil.
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E.
On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry
On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry is Johann Gottfried Herder’s influential study of the literary, religious, and aesthetic character of ancient Hebrew biblical poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Lecture on Modern Poetry Target entity description: A Lecture on Modern Poetry is an influential critical essay by T. E. Hulme that helped articulate early modernist ideas about poetic form and language.
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A.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
-
B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
-
C.
The Mutability of Literature
"The Mutability of Literature" is a reflective essay by Washington Irving, presented as part of his Sketch Book, that meditates wryly on the transience of books and literary fame.
-
D.
The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems is Sylvia Plath’s first published poetry collection, showcasing her early distinctive voice and themes of identity, death, and psychological turmoil.
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E.
On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry
On the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry is Johann Gottfried Herder’s influential study of the literary, religious, and aesthetic character of ancient Hebrew biblical poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical essay
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literary criticism essay ⓘ |
| advocates |
clarity in diction
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discipline in poetic form ⓘ restraint in emotional expression ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
T. E. Hulme’s critical writings
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early twentieth-century literary debates ⓘ |
| author | T. E. Hulme ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered influential in the development of modernist criticism ⓘ |
| describes |
emphasis on precision in poetic language
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importance of concrete imagery in poetry ⓘ rejection of romantic subjectivity in poetry ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
economy of language
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impersonal treatment of subject matter ⓘ technical rigor in verse ⓘ |
| genre | literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th-century English literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Imagist ideas about poetry
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early Anglo-American modernism ⓘ modernist poetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical literature
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philosophical classicism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist period ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
modern poetry
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poetic form ⓘ poetic language ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
anti-romantic view of poetry
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classical conception of form in art ⓘ |
| positionWithinAuthorWork | major statement of Hulme’s poetic theory ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
imagist emphasis on exact word choice
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modernist break with Victorian and Romantic poetics ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Speculations: Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art ⓘ |
| workTitleOfAuthor | T. E. Hulme ⓘ |
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