Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress
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"Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress" is a metaphysical love poem by John Donne that traces the stages and complexities of romantic pursuit with wit and philosophical reflection.
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| Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21055279 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress Context triple: [Elegies, contains, Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress]
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A.
Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed
"Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed" is a seductive and witty metaphysical poem by John Donne that explores erotic desire through elaborate conceits and intimate address to a lover.
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B.
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is a metaphysical love poem by John Donne that consoles a departing lover by portraying their spiritual bond as unbreakable despite physical separation.
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C.
Elegy for Young Lovers
Elegy for Young Lovers is a 1961 opera with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, known for its darkly satirical portrayal of a self-absorbed poet and its sophisticated fusion of drama and modernist music.
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D.
Sonnet 67
Sonnet 67 is one of Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti sonnets, notable for its allegorical depiction of love through the extended metaphor of a hunter and a deer.
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E.
Valediction
"Valediction" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on parting and emotional transition, included in his debut collection *Death of a Naturalist*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress Target entity description: "Elegy XVIII: Love’s Progress" is a metaphysical love poem by John Donne that traces the stages and complexities of romantic pursuit with wit and philosophical reflection.
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A.
Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed
"Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going to Bed" is a seductive and witty metaphysical poem by John Donne that explores erotic desire through elaborate conceits and intimate address to a lover.
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B.
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" is a metaphysical love poem by John Donne that consoles a departing lover by portraying their spiritual bond as unbreakable despite physical separation.
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C.
Elegy for Young Lovers
Elegy for Young Lovers is a 1961 opera with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, known for its darkly satirical portrayal of a self-absorbed poet and its sophisticated fusion of drama and modernist music.
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D.
Sonnet 67
Sonnet 67 is one of Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti sonnets, notable for its allegorical depiction of love through the extended metaphor of a hunter and a deer.
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E.
Valediction
"Valediction" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on parting and emotional transition, included in his debut collection *Death of a Naturalist*.
- F. None of above. chosen
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