The Silken Tent
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"The Silken Tent" is a contemplative lyric poem by Robert Frost that uses the image of a tent in a summer breeze to explore themes of freedom, restraint, and the complexities of human relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Silken Tent canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4979090 — 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 Silken Tent Context triple: [A Witness Tree, hasPoem, The Silken Tent]
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A.
The Jewel That Was Ours
The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, featuring a complex murder investigation intertwined with the theft of a valuable historical artifact in Oxford.
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B.
The Hollow of the Three Hills
"The Hollow of the Three Hills" is a short Gothic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, sin, and supernatural retribution through a mysterious meeting in a secluded valley.
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C.
In the Shadow of the Cypress
In the Shadow of the Cypress is a historical mystery novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines Chinese and American histories along the California coast.
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D.
The Four Trees
The Four Trees is one of Claude Monet’s Poplars paintings, depicting a stand of trees along the Epte River in his characteristic Impressionist style.
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E.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
- 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 Silken Tent Target entity description: "The Silken Tent" is a contemplative lyric poem by Robert Frost that uses the image of a tent in a summer breeze to explore themes of freedom, restraint, and the complexities of human relationships.
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A.
The Jewel That Was Ours
The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, featuring a complex murder investigation intertwined with the theft of a valuable historical artifact in Oxford.
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B.
The Hollow of the Three Hills
"The Hollow of the Three Hills" is a short Gothic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of guilt, sin, and supernatural retribution through a mysterious meeting in a secluded valley.
-
C.
In the Shadow of the Cypress
In the Shadow of the Cypress is a historical mystery novel by Thom Steinbeck that intertwines Chinese and American histories along the California coast.
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D.
The Four Trees
The Four Trees is one of Claude Monet’s Poplars paintings, depicting a stand of trees along the Epte River in his characteristic Impressionist style.
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E.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| associatedAuthorWork | The Collected Poems of Robert Frost ⓘ |
| author | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| firstLine | She is as in a field a silken tent ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
balance between independence and attachment
ⓘ
complexities of emotional bonds ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | recognized work in Robert Frost’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely studied in Frost scholarship ⓘ |
| hasStructure | single continuous sentence ⓘ |
| imagery |
summer breeze
ⓘ
tent pole and supporting cords ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ extended metaphor ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| mainImage | silken tent in a summer breeze ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 14 ⓘ |
| portrays | freedom existing within gentle constraints ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | Shakespearean sonnet variant ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
American literature courses
ⓘ
poetry analysis courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a woman compared to a silken tent ⓘ |
| symbolism |
breeze as symbol of temptation or external influence
ⓘ
cords as symbol of ties and obligations ⓘ tent as symbol of a woman ⓘ |
| theme |
freedom
ⓘ
human relationships ⓘ inner freedom within commitments ⓘ love ⓘ moral obligations ⓘ restraint ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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meditative ⓘ |
| usesSetting | field in summer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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