The Idea of Order at Key West
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The Idea of Order at Key West is a celebrated modernist poem by Wallace Stevens that meditates on the relationship between imagination, perception, and the natural world through the figure of a woman singing by the sea.
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| The Idea of Order at Key West canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Idea of Order at Key West Context triple: [Wallace Stevens, notableWork, The Idea of Order at Key West]
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A.
The Well Wrought Urn
The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
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B.
The Dominant Idea
The Dominant Idea is an influential anarchist essay by Voltairine de Cleyre that explores how powerful guiding beliefs shape individual behavior and social conditions.
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C.
The Politics of Paradise
The Politics of Paradise is a political and literary work by British politician and writer Michael Foot that explores utopian thought, radical traditions, and the moral foundations of democratic socialism.
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D.
The Idea of Freedom
The Idea of Freedom is a philosophical work by Mortimer Adler that systematically explores the nature, varieties, and implications of human freedom in moral, political, and metaphysical contexts.
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E.
Three Weeks in Havana
"Three Weeks in Havana" is a song featured on the album "Heigh Ho."
- 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: The Idea of Order at Key West Target entity description: The Idea of Order at Key West is a celebrated modernist poem by Wallace Stevens that meditates on the relationship between imagination, perception, and the natural world through the figure of a woman singing by the sea.
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A.
The Well Wrought Urn
The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
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B.
The Dominant Idea
The Dominant Idea is an influential anarchist essay by Voltairine de Cleyre that explores how powerful guiding beliefs shape individual behavior and social conditions.
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C.
The Politics of Paradise
The Politics of Paradise is a political and literary work by British politician and writer Michael Foot that explores utopian thought, radical traditions, and the moral foundations of democratic socialism.
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D.
The Idea of Freedom
The Idea of Freedom is a philosophical work by Mortimer Adler that systematically explores the nature, varieties, and implications of human freedom in moral, political, and metaphysical contexts.
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E.
Three Weeks in Havana
"Three Weeks in Havana" is a song featured on the album "Heigh Ho."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Wallace Stevens ⓘ |
| centralImage | a woman singing by the sea ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReputation |
frequently anthologized in American poetry collections
ⓘ
one of Wallace Stevens's most celebrated poems ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ramon Fernandez
ⓘ
unnamed woman singer ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Poetry magazine
ⓘ
linked to:
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse
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| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
poetry as a mode of ordering experience
ⓘ
tension between reality and imagination ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
philosophical idealism
ⓘ
symbolist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterCollectedIn |
Ideas of Order
ⓘ
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens ⓘ |
| lineCountApproximate | over 70 lines ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
enjambment
ⓘ
extended metaphor ⓘ imagery of sea and sound ⓘ philosophical meditation ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| meter | variable meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person observer ⓘ |
| notableLine |
She sang beyond the genius of the sea
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The maker’s rage to order words of the sea ⓘ The sea was not a mask. No more was she. ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Of Modern Poetry
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Sunday Morning ⓘ The Snow Man ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
Key West, Florida
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seashore ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
construction of reality through art
ⓘ
interaction between song and sea ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic creation
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imagination ⓘ nature and human consciousness ⓘ order and chaos ⓘ perception ⓘ relationship between mind and external world ⓘ role of the artist ⓘ |
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