poem "Crow Blacker Than Ever"
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"Crow Blacker Than Ever" is a dark, surreal poem from Ted Hughes’s Crow sequence, exploring themes of violence, creation, and the grotesque power of its trickster-bird protagonist.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| poem "Crow Blacker Than Ever" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5310861 — 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: poem "Crow Blacker Than Ever" Context triple: [Crow, hasPart, poem "Crow Blacker Than Ever"]
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poem "The Book of Longing"
"The Book of Longing" is a reflective, lyrical poem by Leonard Cohen that explores themes of desire, spirituality, aging, and introspection in his characteristically spare, musical language.
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poem "The Night of Santiago"
"The Night of Santiago" is a poem by Leonard Cohen, featured in his collection *Book of Longing*, that reflects his characteristic blend of sensuality, memory, and spiritual undertones.
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C.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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Poemata
Poemata is a collection of Latin poems by the Swiss polymath Albrecht von Haller, reflecting his prominence in 18th-century scientific and literary circles.
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E.
poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna"
"The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" is a famous early 19th-century elegiac poem by Charles Wolfe that solemnly commemorates the quiet, unceremonious burial of British General Sir John Moore after the Battle of Corunna in the Peninsular War.
- 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: poem "Crow Blacker Than Ever" Target entity description: "Crow Blacker Than Ever" is a dark, surreal poem from Ted Hughes’s Crow sequence, exploring themes of violence, creation, and the grotesque power of its trickster-bird protagonist.
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A.
poem "The Book of Longing"
"The Book of Longing" is a reflective, lyrical poem by Leonard Cohen that explores themes of desire, spirituality, aging, and introspection in his characteristically spare, musical language.
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B.
poem "The Night of Santiago"
"The Night of Santiago" is a poem by Leonard Cohen, featured in his collection *Book of Longing*, that reflects his characteristic blend of sensuality, memory, and spiritual undertones.
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C.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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D.
Poemata
Poemata is a collection of Latin poems by the Swiss polymath Albrecht von Haller, reflecting his prominence in 18th-century scientific and literary circles.
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E.
poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna"
"The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" is a famous early 19th-century elegiac poem by Charles Wolfe that solemnly commemorates the quiet, unceremonious burial of British General Sir John Moore after the Battle of Corunna in the Peninsular War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| collectionTitle | Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
the failure of traditional myth
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the limits of language ⓘ the nature of evil ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | trickster figure ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
bird
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blackness ⓘ blood ⓘ body dismemberment ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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surrealist poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | free verse ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistRole | anti-hero ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental
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mythic ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| hasTone |
dark
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ironic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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irony ⓘ mythological allusion ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Postmodern poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Crow ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Crow ⓘ |
| theme |
cosmic chaos
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creation ⓘ death ⓘ grotesque imagery ⓘ myth ⓘ power ⓘ suffering ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: poem "Crow Blacker Than Ever" Description of subject: "Crow Blacker Than Ever" is a dark, surreal poem from Ted Hughes’s Crow sequence, exploring themes of violence, creation, and the grotesque power of its trickster-bird protagonist.
Referenced by (1)
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