Sonnet 146
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Sonnet 146 is one of William Shakespeare’s English sonnets, notable for its meditation on the soul, mortality, and the vanity of earthly concerns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sonnet 146 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 146 Context triple: [Sonnets, hasPart, Sonnet 146]
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A.
Sonnet 144
Sonnet 144 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, notable for its exploration of moral conflict and desire through the contrasting figures of a “better angel” and a “worser spirit.”
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B.
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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C.
Sonnet 138
Sonnet 138 is one of William Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets, notable for its ironic exploration of love, deception, and self-delusion in a mature romantic relationship.
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D.
Sonnet 129
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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E.
Sonnet 60
Sonnet 60 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, meditating on the relentless passage of time and its effects on human life and beauty.
- 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 146 Target entity description: Sonnet 146 is one of William Shakespeare’s English sonnets, notable for its meditation on the soul, mortality, and the vanity of earthly concerns.
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A.
Sonnet 144
Sonnet 144 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, notable for its exploration of moral conflict and desire through the contrasting figures of a “better angel” and a “worser spirit.”
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B.
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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C.
Sonnet 138
Sonnet 138 is one of William Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets, notable for its ironic exploration of love, deception, and self-delusion in a mature romantic relationship.
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D.
Sonnet 129
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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E.
Sonnet 60
Sonnet 60 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, meditating on the relentless passage of time and its effects on human life and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
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Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | the poet's soul ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1590s ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| collectionPosition |
follows Sonnet 145
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precedes Sonnet 147 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) quarto ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance poetry ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely discussed by Shakespeare scholars ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later religious and metaphysical readings of Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 14 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ rhetorical question ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Elizabethan era
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linked to:
English Renaissance
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| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contrast between body as 'sinful earth' and soul as true owner
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focus on spiritual rather than erotic themes ⓘ meditation on the vanity of worldly wealth ⓘ |
| openingLine | Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shakespeare's sonnets
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linked to:
Sonnets
|
| publicationDate | 1609 ⓘ |
| religiousInfluence | Christian thought ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | 146 ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
the contrast between inner and outer life
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the decay of the body ⓘ the immortality of the soul ⓘ |
| textualIssue | corrupt or missing first quatrain in 1609 quarto ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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mortality ⓘ religious meditation ⓘ spiritual wealth versus material wealth ⓘ the soul ⓘ vanity of earthly concerns ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
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meditative ⓘ |
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