For the Union Dead
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For the Union Dead is a 1964 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that reflects on American history, memory, and moral decay through formally innovative, often autobiographical verse.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| For the Union Dead canonical | 3 |
| For the Union Dead (poem) | 2 |
| The Union Dead | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: For the Union Dead Context triple: [Robert Lowell, notableWork, For the Union Dead]
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A.
The Dead
The Dead was a post-Jerry Garcia incarnation of the Grateful Dead, featuring surviving members of the band performing their classic repertoire in the 2000s.
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B.
The Dead
"The Dead" is a World War I poem by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealizes the noble sacrifice of fallen soldiers.
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C.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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D.
Ameriican Requiem
"Ameriican Requiem" is a song by Beyoncé from her genre-blending, country-influenced album "Cowboy Carter."
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E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: For the Union Dead Target entity description: For the Union Dead is a 1964 poetry collection by Robert Lowell that reflects on American history, memory, and moral decay through formally innovative, often autobiographical verse.
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A.
The Dead
The Dead was a post-Jerry Garcia incarnation of the Grateful Dead, featuring surviving members of the band performing their classic repertoire in the 2000s.
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B.
The Dead
"The Dead" is a World War I poem by English poet Rupert Brooke that idealizes the noble sacrifice of fallen soldiers.
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C.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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D.
Ameriican Requiem
"Ameriican Requiem" is a song by Beyoncé from her genre-blending, country-influenced album "Cowboy Carter."
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E.
The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads is a surreal, nonlinear novel by William S. Burroughs that blends Western motifs, science fiction, and experimental prose to explore themes of death, sexuality, and control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| follows | Life Studies ⓘ |
| form |
free verse
ⓘ
metrical verse ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
Beyond the Alps
ⓘ
linked to:
“Beyond the Alps”
Fall 1961 ⓘ For the Union Dead (poem) ⓘ
linked to:
For the Union Dead
Memories of West Street and Lepke ⓘ
linked to:
“Memories of West Street and Lepke”
Night-Sweat ⓘ The Black Swan ⓘ The Mouth of the Hudson ⓘ The Neo-Classical Urn ⓘ
linked to:
“The Neo-Classical Urn”
The Old Flame ⓘ The Public Garden ⓘ The Scream ⓘ The Severed Head ⓘ The Union Dead ⓘ
linked to:
For the Union Dead
Water ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
decline of civic virtue
ⓘ
historical consciousness ⓘ personal guilt ⓘ public versus private memory ⓘ urban change ⓘ violence and war ⓘ |
| includedIn | Robert Lowell’s collected poems ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American Civil War memory
ⓘ
Boston urban renewal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessional poetry ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notablePoem |
For the Union Dead (poem)
ⓘ
linked to:
For the Union Dead
|
| period | post-World War II American poetry ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| references | Robert Gould Shaw Memorial ⓘ |
| settingOfNotablePoem | Boston Common ⓘ |
| style |
autobiographical elements
ⓘ
formally innovative verse ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American history
ⓘ
memory ⓘ modern American society ⓘ moral decay ⓘ |
| timePeriodReflected | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: For the Union Dead
linked to: For the Union Dead
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“Skunk Hour”