What Are Years
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"What Are Years" is a celebrated poem by American modernist poet Marianne Moore that meditates on resilience, mortality, and the nature of human courage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| What Are Years canonical | 2 |
| What Are Years? | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9627244 — 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: What Are Years Context triple: [Marianne Moore, notableWork, What Are Years]
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A.
Jahren
Jahren is a surname most notably associated with Hope Jahren, an American geochemist, geobiologist, and author known for her work on plant science and her memoir "Lab Girl."
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B.
Through the Years
"Through the Years" is a popular country-pop ballad by Kenny Rogers, widely recognized as one of his signature love songs and a staple of adult contemporary radio.
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C.
Yearby
Yearby is a small village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England.
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D.
5 Years Time
"5 Years Time" is an upbeat, folk-pop song by British band Noah and the Whale, known for its catchy whistling hook and nostalgic, summery lyrics.
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E.
Anos
Anos is a barangay (village-level administrative division) of the municipality of Los Baños in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
- 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: What Are Years Target entity description: "What Are Years" is a celebrated poem by American modernist poet Marianne Moore that meditates on resilience, mortality, and the nature of human courage.
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A.
Jahren
Jahren is a surname most notably associated with Hope Jahren, an American geochemist, geobiologist, and author known for her work on plant science and her memoir "Lab Girl."
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B.
Through the Years
"Through the Years" is a popular country-pop ballad by Kenny Rogers, widely recognized as one of his signature love songs and a staple of adult contemporary radio.
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C.
Yearby
Yearby is a small village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England.
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D.
5 Years Time
"5 Years Time" is an upbeat, folk-pop song by British band Noah and the Whale, known for its catchy whistling hook and nostalgic, summery lyrics.
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E.
Anos
Anos is a barangay (village-level administrative division) of the municipality of Los Baños in the province of Laguna, Philippines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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poem ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
how suffering relates to spiritual growth
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how to live with awareness of death ⓘ what constitutes true courage ⓘ |
| author | Marianne Moore ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresConcept |
faith in the face of suffering
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heroism ⓘ human vulnerability ⓘ time ⓘ |
| firstLine | What is our innocence, ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation |
celebrated
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frequently anthologized ⓘ |
| hasPoeticDevice |
allusion
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enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ paradox ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| notableLine |
And in fact cannot fall to one who can rise
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He sees deep and is glad, who accedes to mortality ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
complex syntax
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compressed imagery ⓘ moral inquiry ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ |
| subject |
the confrontation with death
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the meaning of human life ⓘ the nature of courage ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance of death
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human courage ⓘ mortality ⓘ resilience ⓘ spiritual endurance ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| tone |
earnest
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meditative ⓘ resolute ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: What Are Years Description of subject: "What Are Years" is a celebrated poem by American modernist poet Marianne Moore that meditates on resilience, mortality, and the nature of human courage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: What Are Years