Lady Lazarus
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"Lady Lazarus" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that powerfully explores themes of death, resurrection, and female identity through dark, ironic, and theatrical imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lady Lazarus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lady Lazarus Context triple: [Sylvia Plath, notableWork, Lady Lazarus]
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A.
Life After Death
Life After Death is the posthumously released double album by The Notorious B.I.G., widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop records of all time.
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B.
See You in My Nightmares
"See You in My Nightmares" is a dark, emotionally charged track by Kanye West featuring Lil Wayne from his influential, Auto-Tune-heavy album *808s & Heartbreak*.
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C.
Poison Heart
"Poison Heart" is a punk rock song by Dee Dee Ramone, best known through its recording by the Ramones and noted for its darker, more introspective lyrics.
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D.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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E.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
- 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: Lady Lazarus Target entity description: "Lady Lazarus" is a confessional poem by Sylvia Plath that powerfully explores themes of death, resurrection, and female identity through dark, ironic, and theatrical imagery.
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A.
Life After Death
Life After Death is the posthumously released double album by The Notorious B.I.G., widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop records of all time.
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B.
See You in My Nightmares
"See You in My Nightmares" is a dark, emotionally charged track by Kanye West featuring Lil Wayne from his influential, Auto-Tune-heavy album *808s & Heartbreak*.
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C.
Poison Heart
"Poison Heart" is a punk rock song by Dee Dee Ramone, best known through its recording by the Ramones and noted for its darker, more introspective lyrics.
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D.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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E.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
confessional poem
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poem ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Holocaust imagery
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Lazarus of Bethany ⓘ Nazi concentration camps ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi camp system
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| author | Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| collection | Ariel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReputation |
central work of confessional poetry
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one of Sylvia Plath's most famous poems ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Ariel ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine | I have done it again. ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath ⓘ |
| influenced | feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCountApproximate | 84 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessionalism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1962 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | late work ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookPublication | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| structure | short tercets ⓘ |
| subject | a woman who repeatedly attempts suicide ⓘ |
| subjectOf | extensive literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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female identity ⓘ performance ⓘ power ⓘ rebirth ⓘ resurrection ⓘ revenge ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ spectacle ⓘ suffering ⓘ suicide ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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ironic ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryDevice |
allusion
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enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ repetition ⓘ simile ⓘ |
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