Clarinda, mistress of my soul
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"Clarinda, mistress of my soul" is a passionate love poem written by Robert Burns to Agnes Maclehose, celebrating their intense but ultimately platonic romantic attachment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clarinda, mistress of my soul canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8877201 — 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: Clarinda, mistress of my soul Context triple: [Agnes Maclehose, inspired, Clarinda, mistress of my soul]
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A.
The Love Song
The Love Song is a Rococo-era painting by French artist Antoine Watteau, celebrated for its delicate depiction of aristocratic figures engaged in intimate, music-filled courtship.
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B.
Clarinda
Clarinda is a small city in southwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and historic Midwestern charm.
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C.
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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D.
Heavenly Muse
Heavenly Muse is the divine, Christianized source of inspiration Milton appeals to in *Paradise Lost* to guide his epic account of humanity’s fall.
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E.
Weep No More, My Lady
Weep No More, My Lady is a suspense novel by bestselling American mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark, centered on a woman uncovering dark secrets behind her sister’s apparent suicide.
- 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: Clarinda, mistress of my soul Target entity description: "Clarinda, mistress of my soul" is a passionate love poem written by Robert Burns to Agnes Maclehose, celebrating their intense but ultimately platonic romantic attachment.
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A.
The Love Song
The Love Song is a Rococo-era painting by French artist Antoine Watteau, celebrated for its delicate depiction of aristocratic figures engaged in intimate, music-filled courtship.
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B.
Clarinda
Clarinda is a small city in southwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and historic Midwestern charm.
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C.
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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D.
Heavenly Muse
Heavenly Muse is the divine, Christianized source of inspiration Milton appeals to in *Paradise Lost* to guide his epic account of humanity’s fall.
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E.
Weep No More, My Lady
Weep No More, My Lady is a suspense novel by bestselling American mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark, centered on a woman uncovering dark secrets behind her sister’s apparent suicide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
love poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Agnes Maclehose ⓘ |
| addresseePseudonym | Clarinda ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Agnes Maclehose
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Burns–Maclehose correspondence ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| expresses |
emotional conflict
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idealized love ⓘ yearning for union ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
distance and absence
ⓘ
fire and passion ⓘ soul and spiritual connection ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Clarinda
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speaker ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Clarinda ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | relationship between Robert Burns and Agnes Maclehose ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
apostrophe
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hyperbole ⓘ metaphor ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century literature ⓘ |
| partOf |
Robert Burns love poetry corpus
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linked to:
Poems of Robert Burns
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| relationshipDepicted |
romantic friendship
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unconsummated love ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Burns scholarship ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional longing
ⓘ
intense romantic attachment ⓘ platonic love ⓘ separation ⓘ |
| tone |
devotional
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melancholic ⓘ passionate ⓘ |
| writtenByNationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| writtenInContextOf | Burns’s Edinburgh period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clarinda, mistress of my soul Description of subject: "Clarinda, mistress of my soul" is a passionate love poem written by Robert Burns to Agnes Maclehose, celebrating their intense but ultimately platonic romantic attachment.
Referenced by (1)
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