Sonnet 129
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Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonnet 129 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5110052 — 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: Sonnet 129 Context triple: [Sonnets, hasPart, Sonnet 129]
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A.
Sonnet 94
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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B.
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 29 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, known for its shift from deep despair to emotional renewal through the thought of a beloved friend.
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C.
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
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D.
Sonnet 55
Sonnet 55 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, notable for its meditation on the power of poetry to immortalize the beloved beyond the ravages of time and decay.
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E.
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 73 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on aging, mortality, and the deepening of love in the face of time’s decay.
- 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 129 Target entity description: Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
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A.
Sonnet 94
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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B.
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 29 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, known for its shift from deep despair to emotional renewal through the thought of a beloved friend.
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C.
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
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D.
Sonnet 55
Sonnet 55 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, notable for its meditation on the power of poetry to immortalize the beloved beyond the ravages of time and decay.
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E.
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 73 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on aging, mortality, and the deepening of love in the face of time’s decay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English poem
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Renaissance literature work ⓘ Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ |
| addresses | uncontrolled sexual appetite ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| closingCouplet | "All this the world well knows; yet none knows well / To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell." ⓘ |
| collectionPosition | one of the so‑called "Dark Lady" sonnets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| describes | lust as savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) quarto ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | love sonnet ⓘ |
| influence | frequently discussed in Shakespeare criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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antithesis ⓘ metaphor ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Elizabethan era
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linked to:
English Renaissance
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| mainTheme |
guilt
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lust ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ self‑loathing ⓘ sexual desire ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| moralView |
knowledge of lust’s consequences does not prevent repetition
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lust is destructive ⓘ |
| notedFor |
intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict
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psychological depth ⓘ vivid, harsh diction ⓘ |
| numberInSequence | 129 ⓘ |
| openingLine | "Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame" ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shakespeare's sonnets
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linked to:
Shake-speares Sonnets (1609)
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| portrays |
lust as leading to shame and despair
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the cycle of desire, action, and remorse ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1609 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| subgenre | anti‑erotic sonnet ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
contrast between anticipation and aftermath of sexual gratification
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psychological consequences of lust ⓘ |
| tone |
intense
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moralizing ⓘ violent ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sonnet 129 Description of subject: Sonnet 129 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its intense exploration of lust, guilt, and moral conflict.
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