Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want"
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"The Untold Want" is a brief, reflective poem by Walt Whitman that expresses a yearning for unfulfilled desires and the courage to seek a richer, more self-directed life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want" canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6673881 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want" Context triple: [Now, Voyager, titleOrigin, Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want"]
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Portrait of Walt Whitman
Portrait of Walt Whitman is a painted likeness of the famed American poet Walt Whitman by American artist John White Alexander, noted for its evocative, atmospheric style.
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B.
poem "The Housatonic at Stockbridge" by William Cullen Bryant
"The Housatonic at Stockbridge" is a lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that reflects on the natural beauty and tranquil, moral grandeur of the Housatonic River near Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
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Whitman’s sea-drift poems
Whitman’s sea-drift poems are a lyrical sequence in Walt Whitman’s *Leaves of Grass* that meditates on the sea, memory, and the origins of poetic consciousness.
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poem "The Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine
The poem "The Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine is a Revolutionary-era work that celebrates the symbolic tree as a rallying emblem of American resistance and the struggle for political freedom.
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E.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn"
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn" is a patriotic work best known for its phrase "the shot heard round the world," commemorating the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.
- 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: Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want" Target entity description: "The Untold Want" is a brief, reflective poem by Walt Whitman that expresses a yearning for unfulfilled desires and the courage to seek a richer, more self-directed life.
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A.
Portrait of Walt Whitman
Portrait of Walt Whitman is a painted likeness of the famed American poet Walt Whitman by American artist John White Alexander, noted for its evocative, atmospheric style.
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B.
poem "The Housatonic at Stockbridge" by William Cullen Bryant
"The Housatonic at Stockbridge" is a lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that reflects on the natural beauty and tranquil, moral grandeur of the Housatonic River near Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Whitman’s sea-drift poems
Whitman’s sea-drift poems are a lyrical sequence in Walt Whitman’s *Leaves of Grass* that meditates on the sea, memory, and the origins of poetic consciousness.
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D.
poem "The Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine
The poem "The Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine is a Revolutionary-era work that celebrates the symbolic tree as a rallying emblem of American resistance and the struggle for political freedom.
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E.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn"
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem "Concord Hymn" is a patriotic work best known for its phrase "the shot heard round the world," commemorating the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Walt Whitman ⓘ |
| centralImage | voyager sailing forth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| encourages |
personal initiative
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self-determination ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
active pursuit of desire
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rejection of passive existence ⓘ |
| form | short poem ⓘ |
| genre | reflective poetry ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.
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The untold want by life and land ne'er granted, ⓘ |
| influenced | interpretations of the phrase "Now, voyager" in later culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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apostrophe ⓘ metaphor ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
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Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| structure | single stanza ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on Whitman’s shorter lyrics ⓘ |
| symbol | voyage as life journey ⓘ |
| theme |
aspiration
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courage ⓘ individualism ⓘ personal freedom ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ self-directed life ⓘ self-realization ⓘ unfulfilled desire ⓘ yearning ⓘ |
| tone |
encouraging
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reflective ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want" Description of subject: "The Untold Want" is a brief, reflective poem by Walt Whitman that expresses a yearning for unfulfilled desires and the courage to seek a richer, more self-directed life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Now, Voyager (novel)