Leda and the Swan
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"Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet by W.B. Yeats that vividly retells the Greek myth of Zeus’s rape of Leda, exploring themes of violence, power, and the origins of historical catastrophe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leda and the Swan canonical | 4 |
| Leda and the Swan (poem by W. B. Yeats) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302519 — 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: Leda and the Swan Context triple: [W.B. Yeats, notableWork, Leda and the Swan]
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A.
To a Skylark
"To a Skylark" is a renowned Romantic lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that celebrates the skylark as a symbol of pure, transcendent joy and poetic inspiration.
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B.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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C.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
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D.
"The Lady of Shalott" (poem)
"The Lady of Shalott" is an 1832–1842 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that reimagines the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat, focusing on a cursed woman isolated in a tower who can only view the world through a mirror.
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E.
Leda Atomica
Leda Atomica is a 1949 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a levitating Leda and swan in a meticulously rendered, mathematically structured composition.
- 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: Leda and the Swan Target entity description: "Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet by W.B. Yeats that vividly retells the Greek myth of Zeus’s rape of Leda, exploring themes of violence, power, and the origins of historical catastrophe.
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A.
To a Skylark
"To a Skylark" is a renowned Romantic lyric poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley that celebrates the skylark as a symbol of pure, transcendent joy and poetic inspiration.
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B.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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C.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott is a famous 19th-century painting by John William Waterhouse, inspired by Alfred Tennyson’s poem and celebrated as an iconic example of Pre-Raphaelite romanticism and medievalism.
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D.
"The Lady of Shalott" (poem)
"The Lady of Shalott" is an 1832–1842 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that reimagines the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat, focusing on a cursed woman isolated in a tower who can only view the world through a mirror.
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E.
Leda Atomica
Leda Atomica is a 1949 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a levitating Leda and swan in a meticulously rendered, mathematically structured composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ |
| author |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| basedOnMyth |
Leda and Zeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Leda
|
| centralEvent | rape of Leda by Zeus in the form of a swan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Leda
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ swan ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Dial ⓘ |
| imagery |
bird and flight imagery
ⓘ
sexual imagery ⓘ violent physical imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterCollectedIn | The Tower ⓘ |
| laterCollectionYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| mythologicalSource | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person description of encounter ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
opens in medias res with the violent encounter already underway
ⓘ
uses myth to comment on modern historical crises ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| relatedMythologicalFigure |
Castor and Pollux
ⓘ
linked to:
Dioskouroi
Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Easter 1916
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linked to:
Easter Rising
The Tower ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABBA ABBA CDE DCE ⓘ |
| setting | mythic ancient Greece ⓘ |
| symbolicallyLinkedTo |
Trojan War
ⓘ
cycle of historical violence ⓘ fall of Troy ⓘ
linked to:
Trojan War
|
| theme |
divine intervention
ⓘ
fate and destiny ⓘ historical catastrophe ⓘ human agency ⓘ myth and history connection ⓘ origin of history ⓘ political violence ⓘ power ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
disturbing
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ violent ⓘ |
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Subject: Leda and the Swan Description of subject: "Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet by W.B. Yeats that vividly retells the Greek myth of Zeus’s rape of Leda, exploring themes of violence, power, and the origins of historical catastrophe.
Referenced by (5)
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