The Cantos
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The Cantos is Ezra Pound’s long, unfinished modernist epic poem that weaves together history, politics, economics, and literature in a highly allusive, fragmented style.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cantos canonical | 14 |
| The Pisan Cantos | 6 |
| Cantos I–XVI | 1 |
| Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX–CXVII | 1 |
| The Adams Cantos | 1 |
| The Cantos of Ezra Pound | 1 |
| The China Cantos | 1 |
| The Malatesta Cantos | 1 |
| Thrones (another late sequence of The Cantos) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009789 — 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 Cantos Context triple: [Ezra Pound, notableWork, The Cantos]
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A.
The New Life of Dante
The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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B.
Lotus-Eaters
The Lotus-Eaters are a mythical people in Greek mythology whose intoxicating lotus fruit causes those who eat it to forget their homes and lose all desire to return.
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C.
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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D.
The Black Riders and Other Lines
The Black Riders and Other Lines is a collection of brief, free-verse poems noted for their stark imagery, unconventional style, and early modernist sensibility.
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E.
Duino
Duino is a coastal town in northeastern Italy, known for its historic clifftop castle overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
- 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 Cantos Target entity description: The Cantos is Ezra Pound’s long, unfinished modernist epic poem that weaves together history, politics, economics, and literature in a highly allusive, fragmented style.
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A.
The New Life of Dante
The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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B.
Lotus-Eaters
The Lotus-Eaters are a mythical people in Greek mythology whose intoxicating lotus fruit causes those who eat it to forget their homes and lose all desire to return.
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C.
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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D.
The Black Riders and Other Lines
The Black Riders and Other Lines is a collection of brief, free-verse poems noted for their stark imagery, unconventional style, and early modernist sensibility.
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E.
Duino
Duino is a coastal town in northeastern Italy, known for its historic clifftop castle overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic poem
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long poem ⓘ modernist poem ⓘ poem ⓘ unfinished work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Pisan Cantos
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linked to:
The Cantos
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| author | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1910s–1960s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReputation |
controversial
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highly influential ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1925 ⓘ |
| form |
epic
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free verse ⓘ |
| genre | modernism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Olson
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Hugh Kenner ⓘ Louis Zukofsky ⓘ late modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| notableSection |
Cantos I–XVI
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linked to:
The Cantos
Drafts and Fragments ⓘ The Adams Cantos ⓘ
linked to:
The Cantos
The China Cantos ⓘ
linked to:
The Cantos
The Malatesta Cantos ⓘ
linked to:
The Cantos
The Pisan Cantos ⓘ
linked to:
The Cantos
The Rock‑Drill Cantos ⓘ Thrones ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | over 100 cantos ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| setting | multiple historical periods ⓘ |
| structure | cantos ⓘ |
| style |
allusive
ⓘ
experimental ⓘ fragmented ⓘ |
| theme |
anti‑Semitism
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civilization ⓘ culture ⓘ economics ⓘ fascism ⓘ governance ⓘ history ⓘ literature ⓘ myth ⓘ politics ⓘ usury ⓘ war ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Chinese characters
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English ⓘ Greek ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ Provençal ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
allusion
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collage ⓘ montage ⓘ quotation ⓘ |
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Subject: The Cantos Description of subject: The Cantos is Ezra Pound’s long, unfinished modernist epic poem that weaves together history, politics, economics, and literature in a highly allusive, fragmented style.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Pound
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subject linked to:
Ezra Pound’s daughter Mary de Rachewiltz
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subject linked to:
cantos
subject linked to:
The Rock‑Drill Cantos
subject linked to:
The Rock‑Drill Cantos
linked to: The Cantos
subject linked to:
The Rock‑Drill Cantos
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subject linked to:
"E.P. Ode pour l’élection de son sépulchre"