Door into the Dark
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Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Door into the Dark canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1036642 — 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: Door into the Dark Context triple: [Seamus Heaney, notableWork, Door into the Dark]
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A.
Eyes That See in the Dark
Eyes That See in the Dark is a 1983 country-pop album by Kenny Rogers, best known for featuring the hit single "Islands in the Stream" written by the Bee Gees.
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B.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
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C.
Nightfall
"Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
Fish in the Dark
Fish in the Dark is a Broadway comedy play written by and starring Larry David, known for its farcical take on family dynamics surrounding a patriarch’s 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: Door into the Dark Target entity description: Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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A.
Eyes That See in the Dark
Eyes That See in the Dark is a 1983 country-pop album by Kenny Rogers, best known for featuring the hit single "Islands in the Stream" written by the Bee Gees.
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B.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
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C.
Nightfall
"Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
Fish in the Dark
Fish in the Dark is a Broadway comedy play written by and starring Larry David, known for its farcical take on family dynamics surrounding a patriarch’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Northern Irish poetry ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
Night Drive
ⓘ
Relic of Memory ⓘ Requiem for the Croppies ⓘ Thatcher ⓘ The Forge ⓘ The Outlaw ⓘ The Peninsula ⓘ The Plantation ⓘ The Road to Derry ⓘ The Wife’s Tale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
connection to land
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cultural identity ⓘ history and politics ⓘ personal memory ⓘ work and craft ⓘ |
| follows | Death of a Naturalist ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
praised for its evocation of rural life
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seen as deepening themes from Death of a Naturalist ⓘ |
| hasForm | short lyric poems ⓘ |
| hasReputation | major early collection by Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
earthy imagery
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lyric poetry ⓘ richly textured verse ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
identity
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memory ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Seamus Heaney bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| precedes | Wintering Out ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Door into the Dark Description of subject: Door into the Dark is a 1969 poetry collection by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that deepens his exploration of rural life, memory, and identity through richly textured, earthy verse.
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