Sonnet 94
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Sonnet 94 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and morally complex sonnets, often noted for its meditation on power, restraint, and corruption.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonnet 94 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonnet 94 Context triple: [Sonnets, hasPart, Sonnet 94]
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A.
Amoretti
Amoretti is a sonnet sequence by Edmund Spenser that chronicles his courtship and eventual marriage through a series of intricately crafted love poems.
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B.
A Lover's Complaint
A Lover's Complaint is a narrative poem traditionally attributed to William Shakespeare, often printed alongside his sonnets and written in the voice of a jilted young woman lamenting her betrayal in love.
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C.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese is a celebrated 19th-century sonnet sequence of intimate love poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, renowned for its lyrical expression of romantic devotion.
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D.
Original Sonnets on Various Subjects
"Original Sonnets on Various Subjects" is a prominent collection of sonnets by 18th-century English poet Anna Seward, showcasing her refined neoclassical style and emotional lyricism.
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E.
La Fornarina
La Fornarina is a famous Renaissance portrait painting by Raphael, believed to depict his lover and celebrated for its sensuality and enigmatic subject.
- 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: Sonnet 94 Target entity description: Sonnet 94 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous and morally complex sonnets, often noted for its meditation on power, restraint, and corruption.
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A.
Amoretti
Amoretti is a sonnet sequence by Edmund Spenser that chronicles his courtship and eventual marriage through a series of intricately crafted love poems.
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B.
A Lover's Complaint
A Lover's Complaint is a narrative poem traditionally attributed to William Shakespeare, often printed alongside his sonnets and written in the voice of a jilted young woman lamenting her betrayal in love.
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C.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese is a celebrated 19th-century sonnet sequence of intimate love poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, renowned for its lyrical expression of romantic devotion.
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D.
Original Sonnets on Various Subjects
"Original Sonnets on Various Subjects" is a prominent collection of sonnets by 18th-century English poet Anna Seward, showcasing her refined neoclassical style and emotional lyricism.
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E.
La Fornarina
La Fornarina is a famous Renaissance portrait painting by Raphael, believed to depict his lover and celebrated for its sensuality and enigmatic subject.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English poem
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Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Fair Youth ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the Shakespearean canon ⓘ |
| closingCouplet | For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; / Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. ⓘ |
| collection |
Shakespeare's Sonnets
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linked to:
Shake-speares Sonnets (1609)
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| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstLine | They that have power to hurt and will do none ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance love poetry ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds
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They rightly do inherit heaven's graces ⓘ They that have power to hurt and will do none ⓘ Who, moving others, are themselves as stone ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Shakespearean criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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imagery of nature ⓘ metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notedFor |
meditation on power and restraint
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moral complexity ⓘ paradoxical treatment of virtue ⓘ |
| numberInSequence | 94 ⓘ |
| partOf | Shakespeare's Fair Youth sequence ⓘ |
| period |
Elizabethan era
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linked to:
English Renaissance
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| publicationYear | 1609 ⓘ |
| publisher | Thomas Thorpe ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
appearance versus reality
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ethical use of power ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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decay ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ power ⓘ restraint ⓘ self-control ⓘ virtue and vice ⓘ |
| tone |
cautionary
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meditative ⓘ |
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