“Skunk Hour”
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“Skunk Hour” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell, noted for its stark portrayal of personal despair and modern American life.
All labels observed (1)
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| “Skunk Hour” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Skunk Hour” Context triple: [Life Studies, hasPart, “Skunk Hour”]
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A.
“Night”
“Night” is an early, pivotal scene in Goethe’s *Faust: Part One* in which Faust, alone in his study, despairs over the limits of human knowledge and contemplates suicide, setting the stage for his pact with Mephistopheles.
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B.
“A Night”
“A Night” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, depicting her experiences as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers.
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C.
All-Night Fox
All-Night Fox is an album by the experimental rock band The Howling Hex, showcasing their distinctive, off-kilter take on rock and roll.
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D.
Hour of Power
Hour of Power is a long-running Christian television program featuring worship services, sermons, and music, originally broadcast from the Crystal Cathedral in California.
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E.
Late Nite
Late Nite is a solo album by Journey guitarist Neal Schon that showcases his melodic rock guitar work outside the band’s catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Skunk Hour” Target entity description: “Skunk Hour” is a confessional poem by Robert Lowell, noted for its stark portrayal of personal despair and modern American life.
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A.
“Night”
“Night” is an early, pivotal scene in Goethe’s *Faust: Part One* in which Faust, alone in his study, despairs over the limits of human knowledge and contemplates suicide, setting the stage for his pact with Mephistopheles.
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B.
“A Night”
“A Night” is one of the autobiographical sketches in Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches*, depicting her experiences as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers.
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C.
All-Night Fox
All-Night Fox is an album by the experimental rock band The Howling Hex, showcasing their distinctive, off-kilter take on rock and roll.
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D.
Hour of Power
Hour of Power is a long-running Christian television program featuring worship services, sermons, and music, originally broadcast from the Crystal Cathedral in California.
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E.
Late Nite
Late Nite is a solo album by Journey guitarist Neal Schon that showcases his melodic rock guitar work outside the band’s catalog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
confessional poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| collection | Life Studies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
considered a key work of confessional poetry
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highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| famousLine |
"I myself am hell"
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"My mind's not right" ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Life Studies ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | speaker ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animals as survivors
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nighttime ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| includedIn | many American poetry anthologies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessional poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
autobiographical detail
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colloquial diction ⓘ enjambment ⓘ imagery of decay ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableImage | skunks in a town parking lot ⓘ |
| openingLine | "Nautilus Island's hermit" ⓘ |
| period | postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance |
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
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linked to:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
For the Union Dead
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Life Studies ⓘ |
| setting | coastal Maine ⓘ |
| structure | eight stanzas ⓘ |
| studiedIn | university literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mental illness
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modern American life ⓘ personal despair ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ urban decay ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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breakdown of community ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ death and morbidity ⓘ loss of faith ⓘ self-scrutiny ⓘ |
| verseForm | free verse ⓘ |
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