To Be the Poet
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"To Be the Poet" is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston in which she meditates on aging, creativity, and her late-life turn from prose to poetry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Be the Poet canonical | 2 |
| …Poetically Man Dwells… | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549421 — 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 Be the Poet Context triple: [Maxine Hong Kingston, notableWork, To Be the Poet]
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Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
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It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
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C.
The Howl
The Howl is the energetic and famously raucous student cheering section that supports the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team at their home games.
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D.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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Howl
"Howl" is a landmark 1956 poem by Allen Ginsberg that became one of the defining works of the Beat Generation, known for its raw, free-verse critique of postwar American society and its central role in an obscenity trial that expanded literary freedom.
- 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 Be the Poet Target entity description: "To Be the Poet" is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston in which she meditates on aging, creativity, and her late-life turn from prose to poetry.
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A.
Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
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B.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
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C.
The Howl
The Howl is the energetic and famously raucous student cheering section that supports the University of New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team at their home games.
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D.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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E.
Howl
"Howl" is a landmark 1956 poem by Allen Ginsberg that became one of the defining works of the Beat Generation, known for its raw, free-verse critique of postwar American society and its central role in an obscenity trial that expanded literary freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book ⓘ essay collection ⓘ nonfiction work ⓘ |
| author | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
artistic identity
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the challenges of aging as an artist ⓘ the relationship between prose and poetry ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Maxine Hong Kingston's transition from prose to poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical writing
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literary essay ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetics ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Chinese American ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
poetry
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prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aging
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creativity ⓘ late-life artistic transformation ⓘ poetry ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| structure | meditative reflections ⓘ |
| subject |
the creative process
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the life of a writer ⓘ the role of poetry in later life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: To Be the Poet Description of subject: "To Be the Poet" is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston in which she meditates on aging, creativity, and her late-life turn from prose to poetry.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: To Be the Poet