Now I Lay Me

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"Now I Lay Me" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway, included in his collection *Men Without Women*, that explores themes of war trauma and insomnia through a soldier’s nighttime reflections.

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Now I Lay Me canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
centralConflict fear of losing self in sleep ⓘ
struggle to fall asleep ⓘ
collectionType part of a short story collection ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores post-traumatic stress ⓘ
the inner life of a soldier ⓘ
firstPublicationCollection Men Without Women ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorStyle Hemingway iceberg theory ⓘ
hasDialogueWith Italian soldier John ⓘ
hasRecurringElement recollection of past fishing trips ⓘ
repetition of prayers ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep" ⓘ
includedIn Men Without Women ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Nick Adams ⓘ
motif fishing memories ⓘ
nighttime reflections ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeTimeFrame one night ⓘ
partOf Nick Adams stories ⓘ
publicationYear 1927 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstCollection Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
setting Italian front ⓘ
settingPeriod World War I ⓘ
theme fear of sleep ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
insomnia ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
memory ⓘ
psychological damage of war ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Men Without Women → hasPart → Now I Lay Me ⓘ
Nick Adams → appearsIn → Now I Lay Me ⓘ