Blood and the Moon
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"Blood and the Moon" is a poem by W. B. Yeats that contrasts violence and corruption with transcendent, ideal beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blood and the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10767390 — 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: Blood and the Moon Context triple: [The Winding Stair and Other Poems, hasPoem, Blood and the Moon]
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A.
Pale Rider
Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, noted for its mysterious, almost supernatural gunslinger protagonist.
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B.
Lost Moon
Lost Moon is a non-fiction book by astronaut Jim Lovell and journalist Jeffrey Kluger that recounts the dramatic events and near-disastrous failure of the Apollo 13 lunar mission.
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C.
Two Moon
Two Moon was a Northern Cheyenne chief and warrior who played a prominent leadership role against U.S. forces during the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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D.
Return to the Moon
Return to the Moon is the debut studio album by indie rock duo EL VY, a collaboration between The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf.
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E.
Estrela da Manhã
Estrela da Manhã is a celebrated poetry collection by Brazilian modernist writer Manuel Bandeira, known for its lyrical intimacy and innovative use of everyday language.
- 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: Blood and the Moon Target entity description: "Blood and the Moon" is a poem by W. B. Yeats that contrasts violence and corruption with transcendent, ideal beauty.
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A.
Pale Rider
Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, noted for its mysterious, almost supernatural gunslinger protagonist.
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B.
Lost Moon
Lost Moon is a non-fiction book by astronaut Jim Lovell and journalist Jeffrey Kluger that recounts the dramatic events and near-disastrous failure of the Apollo 13 lunar mission.
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C.
Two Moon
Two Moon was a Northern Cheyenne chief and warrior who played a prominent leadership role against U.S. forces during the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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D.
Return to the Moon
Return to the Moon is the debut studio album by indie rock duo EL VY, a collaboration between The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf.
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E.
Estrela da Manhã
Estrela da Manhã is a celebrated poetry collection by Brazilian modernist writer Manuel Bandeira, known for its lyrical intimacy and innovative use of everyday language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| concerns |
relationship between art and violence
ⓘ
tension between earthly life and spiritual ideals ⓘ |
| contrasts |
blood
ⓘ
moon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| explores |
distance between ideals and reality
ⓘ
limits of human perfection ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm | lyric monologue ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
bodily violence
ⓘ
lunar purity ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely studied in Yeats scholarship ⓘ |
| hasStructure | meditative reflection ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Irish political context
ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ search for purity ⓘ |
| hasTone |
contemplative
ⓘ
philosophical ⓘ somber ⓘ |
| includedIn | W. B. Yeats poetry corpus ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Irish literature ⓘ |
| poet |
W. B. Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
| studiedIn |
Irish literature courses
ⓘ
modern poetry courses ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
blood as violence and corruption
ⓘ
moon as transcendent beauty ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic ideal
ⓘ
conflict between body and spirit ⓘ corruption ⓘ ideal beauty ⓘ mortality ⓘ political violence in Ireland ⓘ purity ⓘ transcendence ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| usesSymbol |
blood
ⓘ
moon ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| workOf |
William Butler Yeats
ⓘ
linked to:
W.B. Yeats
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blood and the Moon Description of subject: "Blood and the Moon" is a poem by W. B. Yeats that contrasts violence and corruption with transcendent, ideal beauty.
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