The Hero as Poet
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"The Hero as Poet" is a lecture by Thomas Carlyle that explores the poet as a heroic figure whose imaginative vision and expressive power shape culture and history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hero as Poet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7243922 — 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 Hero as Poet Context triple: [On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, hasPart, The Hero as Poet]
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A.
The Allegory of Poetry
The Allegory of Poetry is a Baroque-era allegorical painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies poetry through symbolic figures and motifs.
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B.
An Apology for Poetry
An Apology for Poetry is Sir Philip Sidney’s influential Elizabethan literary treatise defending the value and moral power of poetry against its contemporary critics.
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C.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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D.
The Hero
The Hero is the English title of the acclaimed 1966 Bengali film "Nayak," directed by Satyajit Ray and starring Uttam Kumar as a matinee idol reflecting on his life during a train journey.
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E.
The Poet
The Poet is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that follows a journalist investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicides, marking one of Connelly’s most acclaimed standalone works.
- 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 Hero as Poet Target entity description: "The Hero as Poet" is a lecture by Thomas Carlyle that explores the poet as a heroic figure whose imaginative vision and expressive power shape culture and history.
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A.
The Allegory of Poetry
The Allegory of Poetry is a Baroque-era allegorical painting by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert that personifies poetry through symbolic figures and motifs.
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B.
An Apology for Poetry
An Apology for Poetry is Sir Philip Sidney’s influential Elizabethan literary treatise defending the value and moral power of poetry against its contemporary critics.
-
C.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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D.
The Hero
The Hero is the English title of the acclaimed 1966 Bengali film "Nayak," directed by Satyajit Ray and starring Uttam Kumar as a matinee idol reflecting on his life during a train journey.
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E.
The Poet
The Poet is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that follows a journalist investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicides, marking one of Connelly’s most acclaimed standalone works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lecture
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non-fiction work ⓘ |
| argues |
poets shape culture
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poets shape history ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
19th-century British prose
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Victorian literature ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Carlyle ⓘ |
| explores |
expressive power of the poet
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imaginative vision of the poet ⓘ |
| focusesOn | poet as heroic figure ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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philosophical lecture ⓘ |
| hasHeroType | hero as poet ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | hero-worship ⓘ |
| influenced |
Victorian views of the poet
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later theories of heroism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
culture
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heroism ⓘ history ⓘ imagination ⓘ poetry ⓘ role of the poet in history ⓘ |
| partOf | On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History ⓘ |
| placesPoetInRole |
creator of meaning
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moulder of national character ⓘ |
| sequenceInWork | one of the lectures in On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History ⓘ |
| treatsFormOfHero | literary hero ⓘ |
| treatsFormOfHero | spiritual hero ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hero as Poet Description of subject: "The Hero as Poet" is a lecture by Thomas Carlyle that explores the poet as a heroic figure whose imaginative vision and expressive power shape culture and history.
Referenced by (3)
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