To Daffodils
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"To Daffodils" is a lyric poem by Robert Herrick that meditates on the brevity of life through the fleeting beauty of daffodil flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Daffodils canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6456586 — 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: To Daffodils Context triple: [Robert Herrick, wrotePoem, To Daffodils]
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A.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a famous Romantic-era lyric poem by William Wordsworth that reflects on the beauty of nature and the uplifting power of memory, often recognized for its iconic image of dancing daffodils.
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B.
Daffodils
"Daffodils" is the commonly used title of William Wordsworth’s famous Romantic poem that celebrates the beauty and emotional impact of a field of golden daffodils.
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C.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" is a famous opening line from Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, evoking an ideal of simple, contemplative pleasure in nature.
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To Autumn
"To Autumn" is a celebrated ode by Romantic poet John Keats that meditates on the beauty, ripeness, and transience of the autumn season.
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E.
Fern Hill
Fern Hill is a celebrated lyrical poem by Dylan Thomas that nostalgically reflects on the innocence and transience of childhood.
- 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: To Daffodils Target entity description: "To Daffodils" is a lyric poem by Robert Herrick that meditates on the brevity of life through the fleeting beauty of daffodil flowers.
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A.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a famous Romantic-era lyric poem by William Wordsworth that reflects on the beauty of nature and the uplifting power of memory, often recognized for its iconic image of dancing daffodils.
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B.
Daffodils
"Daffodils" is the commonly used title of William Wordsworth’s famous Romantic poem that celebrates the beauty and emotional impact of a field of golden daffodils.
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C.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" is a famous opening line from Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, evoking an ideal of simple, contemplative pleasure in nature.
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D.
To Autumn
"To Autumn" is a celebrated ode by Romantic poet John Keats that meditates on the beauty, ripeness, and transience of the autumn season.
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E.
Fern Hill
Fern Hill is a celebrated lyrical poem by Dylan Thomas that nostalgically reflects on the innocence and transience of childhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | daffodils ⓘ |
| addressesTheme |
ephemerality of earthly pleasures
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inevitability of death ⓘ |
| author | Robert Herrick ⓘ |
| centralMotif | withering flowers ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
human lifespan
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shortness of spring ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstLine | Fair Daffodils, we weep to see ⓘ |
| form | short lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | lyric ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later reflections on nature and mortality in English poetry ⓘ |
| hasMood | elegiac ⓘ |
| hasPoeticSpeaker | first-person plural voice ⓘ |
| imagery |
flower imagery
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nature imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Robert Herrick’s poems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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apostrophe ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Cavalier poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | English devotional and reflective lyric ⓘ |
| meter | predominantly iambic ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 2 ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept | memento mori ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular end rhyme ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | lyric stanzas ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English literature courses
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poetry anthologies ⓘ |
| subject | daffodil flowers ⓘ |
| symbol | daffodils as symbols of human life ⓘ |
| theme |
brevity of life
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carpe diem ⓘ mortality ⓘ transience of beauty ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early to mid-17th century ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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melancholic ⓘ |
| topic |
fleeting nature of youth
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passage of time ⓘ |
| usesContrastBetween | brief life of flowers and brief life of humans ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Robert Herrick ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: To Daffodils Description of subject: "To Daffodils" is a lyric poem by Robert Herrick that meditates on the brevity of life through the fleeting beauty of daffodil flowers.
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