The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hollow Men canonical | 3 |
| "The Hollow Men" | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T167845 — 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 Hollow Men Context triple: [T. S. Eliot, notableWork, The Hollow Men]
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A.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that portrays the spiritual desolation and fragmentation of post–World War I Western society through a dense collage of voices, allusions, and shifting perspectives.
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B.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of alienation, indecision, and existential anxiety through the interior monologue of its hesitant, self-conscious narrator.
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C.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets is a sequence of four interlinked poems by T. S. Eliot that meditates on time, spirituality, and human experience, and is considered one of his greatest poetic achievements.
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D.
Ash-Wednesday
Ash-Wednesday is a 1930 poem by T. S. Eliot that marks his turn toward Christian faith, blending spiritual introspection with complex, allusive verse.
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E.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
- 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 Hollow Men Target entity description: The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
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A.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that portrays the spiritual desolation and fragmentation of post–World War I Western society through a dense collage of voices, allusions, and shifting perspectives.
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B.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of alienation, indecision, and existential anxiety through the interior monologue of its hesitant, self-conscious narrator.
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C.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets is a sequence of four interlinked poems by T. S. Eliot that meditates on time, spirituality, and human experience, and is considered one of his greatest poetic achievements.
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D.
Ash-Wednesday
Ash-Wednesday is a 1930 poem by T. S. Eliot that marks his turn toward Christian faith, blending spiritual introspection with complex, allusive verse.
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E.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo |
Dante Alighieri
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Guy Fawkes ⓘ Heart of Darkness ⓘ Inferno ⓘ Joseph Conrad ⓘ Purgatorio ⓘ The Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| famousLine |
Not with a bang but a whimper
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This is the way the world ends ⓘ |
| form | fragmented lyric sequence ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
magazine publication
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poetry collection reprint ⓘ |
| imagery |
broken prayer
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dryness and barrenness ⓘ scarecrows ⓘ shadows ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
World War I
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religious doubt ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| openingLine | We are the hollow men ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| refrain |
Not with a bang but a whimper
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This is the way the world ends ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gerontion
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The Waste Land ⓘ |
| structure | five sections ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
hollowness of modern humanity
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inability to act ⓘ spiritual crisis in the modern world ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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emptiness ⓘ existential despair ⓘ failure of communication ⓘ fragmentation of modern life ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ moral decay ⓘ paralysis ⓘ spiritual desolation ⓘ spiritual sterility ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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despairing ⓘ resigned ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hollow Men Description of subject: The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Not with a bang but a whimper
linked to: The Hollow Men
subject linked to:
Not with a bang but a whimper
linked to: The Hollow Men