A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
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A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a landmark modernist Scots-language poem by Hugh MacDiarmid that explores Scottish identity, philosophy, and culture through the monologue of an intoxicated narrator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1389091 — 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: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle Context triple: [Hugh MacDiarmid, notableWork, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle]
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A.
The Rigs o' Barley
"The Rigs o' Barley" is a romantic and pastoral Scots-language song and poem by Robert Burns celebrating love and rural courtship in the barley fields.
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B.
Tam o' Shanter
Tam o' Shanter is a narrative poem by Robert Burns that humorously recounts a drunken farmer’s terrifying nighttime encounter with witches and other supernatural beings.
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C.
The Merry Drinker
The Merry Drinker is a lively 17th-century Dutch Golden Age portrait by Frans Hals, celebrated for its dynamic brushwork and vivid depiction of a cheerful, gesturing man.
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D.
The Address to the Unco Guid
"The Address to the Unco Guid" is a satirical moral poem by Robert Burns that criticizes self-righteous religious hypocrisy and urges compassion and humility.
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E.
The Reivers
The Reivers is a 1962 novel by William Faulkner, a humorous coming-of-age tale set in the American South that was his last published work and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- 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: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle Target entity description: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a landmark modernist Scots-language poem by Hugh MacDiarmid that explores Scottish identity, philosophy, and culture through the monologue of an intoxicated narrator.
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A.
The Rigs o' Barley
"The Rigs o' Barley" is a romantic and pastoral Scots-language song and poem by Robert Burns celebrating love and rural courtship in the barley fields.
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B.
Tam o' Shanter
Tam o' Shanter is a narrative poem by Robert Burns that humorously recounts a drunken farmer’s terrifying nighttime encounter with witches and other supernatural beings.
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C.
The Merry Drinker
The Merry Drinker is a lively 17th-century Dutch Golden Age portrait by Frans Hals, celebrated for its dynamic brushwork and vivid depiction of a cheerful, gesturing man.
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D.
The Address to the Unco Guid
"The Address to the Unco Guid" is a satirical moral poem by Robert Burns that criticizes self-righteous religious hypocrisy and urges compassion and humility.
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E.
The Reivers
The Reivers is a 1962 novel by William Faulkner, a humorous coming-of-age tale set in the American South that was his last published work and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scots-language literary work
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modernist poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish literary revival
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linked to:
Scottish Renaissance
Scottish nationalism ⓘ |
| author | Hugh MacDiarmid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | interwar Scotland ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between idealism and reality
ⓘ
role of language in national identity ⓘ tension between individual and nation ⓘ |
| form | long poem ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
the drunk man
ⓘ
the thistle (personified) ⓘ
linked to:
Thistle
|
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
central work of the Scottish Renaissance movement
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considered a landmark of Scottish modernist poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Scottish culture
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Scottish identity ⓘ modernity and tradition ⓘ nationalism ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ self-examination ⓘ |
| meter | varied and experimental ⓘ |
| movement | Scottish Renaissance ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narrator | an intoxicated man ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex exploration of Scottish national identity
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innovative use of Scots modernist verse ⓘ revitalizing Scots as a literary language ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting | Scotland ⓘ |
| style |
modernist experimentation
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stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ use of vernacular Scots ⓘ |
| symbol | thistle ⓘ |
| symbolism | the thistle symbolizes Scotland ⓘ |
| topic |
art and literature
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love and relationships ⓘ philosophy ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle Description of subject: A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a landmark modernist Scots-language poem by Hugh MacDiarmid that explores Scottish identity, philosophy, and culture through the monologue of an intoxicated narrator.
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