Mariana (poem)
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"Mariana" is a lyric poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that portrays a woman’s desolate longing and emotional isolation as she waits in vain for her absent lover.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mariana (poem) canonical | 1 |
| poem "Mariana in the South" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8031094 — 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: Mariana (poem) Context triple: [Mariana, inspiredBy, Mariana (poem)]
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A.
Juliana (poem)
Juliana is an Old English religious poem, preserved in the Exeter Book, that recounts the legend and martyrdom of Saint Juliana.
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B.
Ariel (poem)
"Ariel" is a posthumously published poem by Sylvia Plath, renowned for its intense imagery, confessional style, and central place in her landmark collection of the same name.
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C.
Ode Marítima
Ode Marítima is a long, modernist Portuguese poem by Fernando Pessoa (under the heteronym Álvaro de Campos) that evokes the sea through intense, visionary, and often fragmented imagery.
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D.
The Poetess
The Poetess is an honorific epithet traditionally given to Sappho, the renowned ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, celebrated for her passionate and intimate verse.
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E.
Clarel
Clarel is a long, philosophical narrative poem by Herman Melville that explores faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
- 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: Mariana (poem) Target entity description: "Mariana" is a lyric poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that portrays a woman’s desolate longing and emotional isolation as she waits in vain for her absent lover.
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A.
Juliana (poem)
Juliana is an Old English religious poem, preserved in the Exeter Book, that recounts the legend and martyrdom of Saint Juliana.
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B.
Ariel (poem)
"Ariel" is a posthumously published poem by Sylvia Plath, renowned for its intense imagery, confessional style, and central place in her landmark collection of the same name.
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C.
Ode Marítima
Ode Marítima is a long, modernist Portuguese poem by Fernando Pessoa (under the heteronym Álvaro de Campos) that evokes the sea through intense, visionary, and often fragmented imagery.
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D.
The Poetess
The Poetess is an honorific epithet traditionally given to Sappho, the renowned ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, celebrated for her passionate and intimate verse.
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E.
Clarel
Clarel is a long, philosophical narrative poem by Herman Melville that explores faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | a situation in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure ⓘ |
| author | Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ |
| centralEmotion | hopeless longing ⓘ |
| characterOrigin | Mariana in the moated grange ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | one of Tennyson's early masterpieces ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems, Chiefly Lyrical ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| hasAllusionTo |
Shakespearean drama
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance drama
|
| hasCommentaryOn |
female passivity
ⓘ
gender roles in Victorian society ⓘ |
| imageryType |
auditory imagery
ⓘ
nature imagery ⓘ visual imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard anthologies of Victorian poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Measure for Measure ⓘ |
| inspiredByAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mariana ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| motif |
darkness
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decay ⓘ repetition ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 7 ⓘ |
| refrain |
"He cometh not"
ⓘ
"She only said, ‘My life is dreary’" ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDDC EFEF ⓘ |
| setting |
isolated farmhouse
ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ |
| stanzaLength | 12 lines ⓘ |
| theme |
despair
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emotional isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ stasis and inaction ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ waiting in vain ⓘ |
| title | Mariana ⓘ |
| tone |
desolate
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mariana (poem) Description of subject: "Mariana" is a lyric poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that portrays a woman’s desolate longing and emotional isolation as she waits in vain for her absent lover.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mariana (poem)