The House of Life
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The House of Life is a sonnet sequence by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that explores themes of love, art, memory, and mortality in richly symbolic, Pre-Raphaelite verse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The House of Life canonical | 15 |
| The House of Life (sequence) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1623763 — 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 House of Life Context triple: [Dante Gabriel Rossetti, notableWork, The House of Life]
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A.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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B.
Green Mansions
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C.
Intimations
Intimations is a collection of personal essays by Zadie Smith reflecting on life, society, and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
Dark and Lovely
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- 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 House of Life Target entity description: The House of Life is a sonnet sequence by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that explores themes of love, art, memory, and mortality in richly symbolic, Pre-Raphaelite verse.
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A.
The Golden Threshold
The Golden Threshold is a celebrated early 20th-century poetry collection by Indian poet Sarojini Naidu, noted for its lyrical style and evocation of Indian life and landscapes.
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B.
Green Mansions
Green Mansions is a 1959 romantic adventure film set in the Venezuelan jungle, best known for starring Audrey Hepburn as the mysterious forest-dwelling Rima.
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C.
Intimations
Intimations is a collection of personal essays by Zadie Smith reflecting on life, society, and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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D.
The Divine Milieu
The Divine Milieu is a seminal spiritual and philosophical work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores the presence of God in the evolving cosmos and everyday human experience.
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E.
Dark and Lovely
Dark and Lovely is a pioneering haircare brand best known for its products formulated specifically for the needs of Black and textured hair.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry collection
ⓘ
sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Elizabeth Siddal
ⓘ
Jane Morris ⓘ |
| author | Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ |
| centralFigure | idealized beloved ⓘ |
| concerns |
relationship between love and art
ⓘ
tension between body and soul ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered one of Rossetti’s major works ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems (1870) ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Body’s Beauty
ⓘ
Nuptial Sleep ⓘ Soul’s Beauty ⓘ The Blessed Damozel (sonnet version) ⓘ
linked to:
The Blessed Damozel
The Choice ⓘ The One Hope ⓘ The Portrait ⓘ The Sonnet ⓘ |
| imagery |
dream imagery
ⓘ
painterly description ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian sonnet tradition
ⓘ
Petrarch ⓘ
linked to:
Francesco Petrarca
medieval love poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Pre-Raphaelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
|
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| numberOfSonnets | over 100 ⓘ |
| poeticForm | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| revisedIn | Ballads and Sonnets (1881) ⓘ |
| structure | sequence of interrelated sonnets ⓘ |
| style |
meditative
ⓘ
sensuous ⓘ symbolic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artistic creation
ⓘ
death ⓘ erotic love ⓘ memory ⓘ spiritual love ⓘ time ⓘ |
| theme |
art
ⓘ
love ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
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Referenced by (16)
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linked to: The House of Life