Corinna's Going a-Maying
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"Corinna's Going a-Maying" is a 17th-century carpe diem poem by Robert Herrick that celebrates springtime festivity and urges seizing the pleasures of youth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corinna's Going a-Maying canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corinna's Going a-Maying Context triple: [Robert Herrick, wrotePoem, Corinna's Going a-Maying]
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The Merry Month of May
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B.
Oh, Bright Dawn of May
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C.
The Darling Buds of May
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D.
Dorothy May Day
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E.
Dorothy May Day
Dorothy May Day was an American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement known for her advocacy for the poor and for social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corinna's Going a-Maying Target entity description: "Corinna's Going a-Maying" is a 17th-century carpe diem poem by Robert Herrick that celebrates springtime festivity and urges seizing the pleasures of youth.
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A.
The Merry Month of May
"The Merry Month of May" is a traditional British military march tune widely associated with cavalry regiments and ceremonial occasions.
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B.
Oh, Bright Dawn of May
"Oh, Bright Dawn of May" is the English title of the Montenegrin national anthem, a patriotic song celebrating the country's freedom and identity.
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C.
The Darling Buds of May
The Darling Buds of May is a British comedy-drama television series set in rural 1950s Kent, following the warm-hearted, chaotic Larkin family and known for helping launch Catherine Zeta-Jones’s career.
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D.
Dorothy May Day
Dorothy May Day is an individual whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly documented in widely available sources.
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E.
Dorothy May Day
Dorothy May Day was an American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement known for her advocacy for the poor and for social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addressee | Corinna ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | c. 1620s–1640s ⓘ |
| author | Robert Herrick ⓘ |
| centralIdea | youth should seize present pleasures before time and age arrive ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | May Day customs in early modern England ⓘ |
| firstLine | Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn ⓘ |
| form | lyric ⓘ |
| genre | love poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Corinna
ⓘ
the speaker ⓘ |
| includedIn | Hesperides ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later carpe diem poetry criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Cavalier poetry
ⓘ
English Renaissance ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| meter | iambic meter ⓘ |
| motif |
Maying
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flowers ⓘ garlands ⓘ rural festivity ⓘ sunrise ⓘ youthful lovers ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | male speaker ⓘ |
| publicationType | poetry collection ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1648 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | variable stanzaic rhyme ⓘ |
| setting |
May Day
ⓘ
spring morning ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English literature courses
ⓘ
Renaissance poetry courses ⓘ |
| theme |
carpe diem
ⓘ
fertility and renewal ⓘ seizing the day ⓘ springtime festivity ⓘ time and mortality ⓘ youth and transience ⓘ |
| tone |
festive
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sensual ⓘ urgent ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 17th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Corinna's Going a-Maying Description of subject: "Corinna's Going a-Maying" is a 17th-century carpe diem poem by Robert Herrick that celebrates springtime festivity and urges seizing the pleasures of youth.
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