On the Death of Mr. Addison
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"On the Death of Mr. Addison" is an elegiac poem by Thomas Tickell mourning the passing and celebrating the virtues of the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On the Death of Mr. Addison canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8063733 — 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: On the Death of Mr. Addison Context triple: [Thomas Tickell, notableWork, On the Death of Mr. Addison]
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A.
A Night-Piece on Death
A Night-Piece on Death is a seminal 18th-century poem that exemplifies the Graveyard school’s meditative, melancholic reflections on mortality and the transience of human life.
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B.
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift is a satirical poem in which Jonathan Swift wittily anticipates and critiques the public’s reaction to his own death.
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C.
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" is a mock-elegiac poem by Thomas Gray that humorously recounts the drowning of a cat while offering a moral about vanity and temptation.
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D.
Death in the Sickroom
"Death in the Sickroom" is a somber 1890s painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that depicts the emotional impact of illness and loss within a family interior.
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E.
Mistress Masham's Repose
Mistress Masham's Repose is a 1946 fantasy novel by T. H. White about a young girl who discovers a hidden community of Lilliputians living on an abandoned English estate.
- 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: On the Death of Mr. Addison Target entity description: "On the Death of Mr. Addison" is an elegiac poem by Thomas Tickell mourning the passing and celebrating the virtues of the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison.
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A.
A Night-Piece on Death
A Night-Piece on Death is a seminal 18th-century poem that exemplifies the Graveyard school’s meditative, melancholic reflections on mortality and the transience of human life.
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B.
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift is a satirical poem in which Jonathan Swift wittily anticipates and critiques the public’s reaction to his own death.
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C.
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" is a mock-elegiac poem by Thomas Gray that humorously recounts the drowning of a cat while offering a moral about vanity and temptation.
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D.
Death in the Sickroom
"Death in the Sickroom" is a somber 1890s painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that depicts the emotional impact of illness and loss within a family interior.
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E.
Mistress Masham's Repose
Mistress Masham's Repose is a 1946 fantasy novel by T. H. White about a young girl who discovers a hidden community of Lilliputians living on an abandoned English estate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elegy
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poem ⓘ |
| addressee | readers of The Spectator generation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Spectator circle
ⓘ
Whig literary culture ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Tickell ⓘ |
| commemorates | Joseph Addison ⓘ |
| commemorativeOf | Joseph Addison's death ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
the exemplary death of Joseph Addison
ⓘ
the moral influence of Joseph Addison's life ⓘ |
| genre | elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitle | On the Death of Mr. Addison ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 18th-century British literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allusion
ⓘ
apostrophe ⓘ classical imagery ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan poetry ⓘ |
| memorializes | Joseph Addison's character ⓘ |
| meter | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| originalPublicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| portrays |
Joseph Addison as a Christian
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Joseph Addison as a moralist ⓘ Joseph Addison as a statesman ⓘ |
| praises |
Joseph Addison's literary achievements
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Joseph Addison's piety ⓘ Joseph Addison's public service ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| subject | Joseph Addison ⓘ |
| theme |
fame
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ immortality of reputation ⓘ mourning ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| tone |
melancholic
ⓘ
reverent ⓘ solemn ⓘ |
| workOf | Thomas Tickell ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On the Death of Mr. Addison Description of subject: "On the Death of Mr. Addison" is an elegiac poem by Thomas Tickell mourning the passing and celebrating the virtues of the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison.
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