O Mistress Mine
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"O Mistress Mine" is a well-known song from William Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, sung by the clown Feste and celebrated for its lyrical meditation on love and the fleeting nature of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| O Mistress Mine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5128001 — 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: O Mistress Mine Context triple: [Twelfth Night, famousSong, O Mistress Mine]
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A.
An Old Sweetheart of Mine
An Old Sweetheart of Mine is a nostalgic poem by American writer James Whitcomb Riley that fondly recalls a youthful romance and the passage of time.
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B.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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C.
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'
"Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" is the Oscar-winning theme song from the 1952 Western film *High Noon*, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential movie title songs in cinema history.
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D.
Every Day I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a classic blues standard, popularized by B.B. King, that has become one of the most frequently recorded and performed songs in the genre.
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E.
God Bless the Child
"God Bless the Child" is a classic jazz and blues standard, co-written and famously performed by Billie Holiday, known for its poignant lyrics about financial independence and emotional resilience.
- 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: O Mistress Mine Target entity description: "O Mistress Mine" is a well-known song from William Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, sung by the clown Feste and celebrated for its lyrical meditation on love and the fleeting nature of time.
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A.
An Old Sweetheart of Mine
An Old Sweetheart of Mine is a nostalgic poem by American writer James Whitcomb Riley that fondly recalls a youthful romance and the passage of time.
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B.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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C.
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'
"Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" is the Oscar-winning theme song from the 1952 Western film *High Noon*, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential movie title songs in cinema history.
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D.
Every Day I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a classic blues standard, popularized by B.B. King, that has become one of the most frequently recorded and performed songs in the genre.
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E.
God Bless the Child
"God Bless the Child" is a classic jazz and blues standard, co-written and famously performed by Billie Holiday, known for its poignant lyrics about financial independence and emotional resilience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan song
ⓘ
Shakespearean song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | art song by various composers ⓘ |
| addressedTo | a mistress or beloved ⓘ |
| appearsInAct | Act II ⓘ |
| appearsInScene | Scene 3 ⓘ |
| associatedWorkAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| characterWhoSingsInPlay | Feste ⓘ |
| creator | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | one of the best-known songs from Twelfth Night ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
commentary on romantic plot of Twelfth Night ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ |
| firstLine | O mistress mine, where are you roaming? ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | original production of Twelfth Night ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre |
love song
ⓘ
theatrical song ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuotation | What is love? ’tis not hereafter. ⓘ |
| includedIn | many Shakespeare song anthologies ⓘ |
| inspiredComposers |
Benjamin Britten
ⓘ
Ralph Vaughan Williams ⓘ Roger Quilter ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
direct address
ⓘ
imperative mood ⓘ metaphor ⓘ |
| lyricist | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| meter | predominantly iambic ⓘ |
| partOf | Twelfth Night ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often set to new musical settings in modern productions ⓘ |
| period |
Elizabethan era
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance
|
| refrain | Youth’s a stuff will not endure ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular end rhyme ⓘ |
| sungBy | Feste ⓘ |
| theme |
carpe diem
ⓘ
fleeting nature of time ⓘ love ⓘ seizing the moment ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| tone |
melancholic
ⓘ
playful ⓘ tender ⓘ |
| workFromWhichTitleDerived | first line of the song ⓘ |
| writtenIn | late 16th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: O Mistress Mine Description of subject: "O Mistress Mine" is a well-known song from William Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, sung by the clown Feste and celebrated for its lyrical meditation on love and the fleeting nature of time.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.