As I Walked Out One Evening
E519948
"As I Walked Out One Evening" is a lyrical poem by W. H. Auden that blends romantic imagery with reflections on time, love, and mortality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| As I Walked Out One Evening canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5433809 — 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: As I Walked Out One Evening Context triple: [Another Time, containsWork, As I Walked Out One Evening]
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A.
Before You Walk Out of My Life
"Before You Walk Out of My Life" is a mid-1990s R&B ballad by American singer Monica that became one of her signature early hits.
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B.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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C.
In the Wee Small Hours
In the Wee Small Hours is a landmark 1955 concept album by Frank Sinatra, celebrated for its melancholic, late-night mood and sophisticated orchestral arrangements.
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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.
While My Pretty One Sleeps
While My Pretty One Sleeps is a suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows a fashion boutique owner drawn into a dangerous murder investigation in New York City.
- 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: As I Walked Out One Evening Target entity description: "As I Walked Out One Evening" is a lyrical poem by W. H. Auden that blends romantic imagery with reflections on time, love, and mortality.
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A.
Before You Walk Out of My Life
"Before You Walk Out of My Life" is a mid-1990s R&B ballad by American singer Monica that became one of her signature early hits.
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B.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
-
C.
In the Wee Small Hours
In the Wee Small Hours is a landmark 1955 concept album by Frank Sinatra, celebrated for its melancholic, late-night mood and sophisticated orchestral arrangements.
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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.
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" is a children's picture book that marked Dr. Seuss's debut as an author-illustrator, telling the story of a boy who transforms a simple sighting into an elaborate imaginative tale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| centralConflict | idealized love versus passing time ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
clocks
ⓘ
lover ⓘ narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| form | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| genre |
love poem
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern love poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
clock imagery
ⓘ
river imagery ⓘ romantic imagery ⓘ time imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of W. H. Auden's poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | traditional ballads ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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hyperbole ⓘ internal rhyme ⓘ personification ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| medium | written text ⓘ |
| meter | ballad-like meter ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
city streets
ⓘ
urban landscape ⓘ |
| structure | multiple stanzas ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
high school English curricula
ⓘ
university literature courses ⓘ |
| style |
irony
ⓘ
musical language ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
inevitability of death
ⓘ
limits of human promises ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| theme |
love
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mortality ⓘ paradox of love and time ⓘ time ⓘ transience ⓘ |
| tone |
lyrical
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meditative ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: As I Walked Out One Evening Description of subject: "As I Walked Out One Evening" is a lyrical poem by W. H. Auden that blends romantic imagery with reflections on time, love, and mortality.
Referenced by (1)
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