A Pact
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"A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Pact canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5397738 — 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: A Pact Context triple: [Ripostes, containsPoem, A Pact]
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A.
The Pact
The Pact is a 2012 supernatural horror film that follows a woman uncovering dark secrets in her childhood home after her sister mysteriously disappears.
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B.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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C.
The Telling
The Telling is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of cultural suppression, storytelling, and the clash between tradition and authoritarian modernity.
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D.
The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice is a 1986 philosophical drama film by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky that explores faith, sacrifice, and existential dread against the backdrop of an impending nuclear apocalypse.
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E.
The Embrace
The Embrace is an expressionist painting by Egon Schiele that powerfully depicts an intimate, intertwined couple with his characteristic raw emotion and distorted forms.
- 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: A Pact Target entity description: "A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
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A.
The Pact
The Pact is a 2012 supernatural horror film that follows a woman uncovering dark secrets in her childhood home after her sister mysteriously disappears.
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B.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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C.
The Telling
The Telling is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin set in her Hainish universe, exploring themes of cultural suppression, storytelling, and the clash between tradition and authoritarian modernity.
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D.
The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice is a 1986 philosophical drama film by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky that explores faith, sacrifice, and existential dread against the backdrop of an impending nuclear apocalypse.
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E.
The Embrace
The Embrace is an expressionist painting by Egon Schiele that powerfully depicts an intimate, intertwined couple with his characteristic raw emotion and distorted forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Imagism ⓘ |
| author | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| concerns |
Pound’s attitude toward Whitman
ⓘ
development of Pound’s poetic style ⓘ relationship between old and new poetry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| firstPersonNarrator | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | younger poet addressing precursor ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American poetry tradition
ⓘ
poetic lineage ⓘ |
| hasTone |
conciliatory
ⓘ
critical ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
High Modernism
ⓘ
linked to:
Modernism
|
| literaryTechnique |
apostrophe
ⓘ
compressed diction ⓘ direct address ⓘ metaphor ⓘ |
| mentions | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
explicit engagement with Walt Whitman
ⓘ
statement of Pound’s poetic maturation ⓘ |
| openingLine | I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | literary periodical ⓘ |
| partOf | Ezra Pound’s early poetic corpus ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic conflict
ⓘ
artistic reconciliation ⓘ literary inheritance ⓘ maturation of the poet ⓘ poetic influence ⓘ respect for predecessors ⓘ |
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Subject: A Pact Description of subject: "A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
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