The House on the Hill
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"The House on the Hill" is a well-known poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects on loss, memory, and the irrevocable passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The House on the Hill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5452414 — 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: The House on the Hill Context triple: [Collected Poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, hasNotablePoem, The House on the Hill]
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A.
Mansion on the Hill
Mansion on the Hill is a historic house museum in Ogallala, Nebraska, notable for its Victorian architecture and role in preserving the region’s frontier-era history.
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B.
Mansion on the Hill
"Mansion on the Hill" is a Neil Young song, best known as one of the standout tracks from his 1990 grunge-influenced album *Ragged Glory*.
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C.
The House
The House is a pioneering high-rise residential building on Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus, known for its ultra-energy-efficient, sustainable design.
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D.
Under the Hill
Under the Hill is an unfinished, erotically charged prose fantasy by Aubrey Beardsley, loosely based on the legend of Tannhäuser and noted for its decadent, highly ornamental style.
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E.
Town on the Hill
Town on the Hill is a track from Chance the Rapper’s 2019 debut studio album *The Big Day*, blending his signature gospel-infused hip hop with reflective, celebratory themes.
- 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: The House on the Hill Target entity description: "The House on the Hill" is a well-known poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects on loss, memory, and the irrevocable passage of time.
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A.
Mansion on the Hill
Mansion on the Hill is a historic house museum in Ogallala, Nebraska, notable for its Victorian architecture and role in preserving the region’s frontier-era history.
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B.
Mansion on the Hill
"Mansion on the Hill" is a Neil Young song, best known as one of the standout tracks from his 1990 grunge-influenced album *Ragged Glory*.
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C.
The House
The House is a pioneering high-rise residential building on Cornell Tech’s Roosevelt Island campus, known for its ultra-energy-efficient, sustainable design.
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D.
Under the Hill
Under the Hill is an unfinished, erotically charged prose fantasy by Aubrey Beardsley, loosely based on the legend of Tannhäuser and noted for its decadent, highly ornamental style.
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E.
Town on the Hill
Town on the Hill is a track from Chance the Rapper’s 2019 debut studio album *The Big Day*, blending his signature gospel-infused hip hop with reflective, celebratory themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Edwin Arlington Robinson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
emotional impact of time on human experience
ⓘ
haunting persistence of memory ⓘ sense of irrevocable change ⓘ |
| form | villanelle ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasMood |
reflective
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
| hasNotableLine |
“There is nothing more to say”
ⓘ
“They are all gone away, the House is shut and still” ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems ⓘ |
| influenced | later critical appreciation of Robinson’s technical skill ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American poetry ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
evocative depiction of abandonment
ⓘ
use of the villanelle form to convey nostalgia and loss ⓘ |
| refrain |
“There is nothing more to say”
ⓘ
“They are all gone away” ⓘ |
| setting | an abandoned house on a hill ⓘ |
| structure | 19-line villanelle with repeating refrains ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | remembrance of a deserted home and its former inhabitants ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
courses on American poetry
ⓘ
courses on fixed poetic forms ⓘ |
| theme |
irreversibility of the past
ⓘ
loss ⓘ memory ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The House on the Hill Description of subject: "The House on the Hill" is a well-known poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that reflects on loss, memory, and the irrevocable passage of time.
Referenced by (1)
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