“The Old Flame”
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“The Old Flame” is a poem by Robert Lowell included in his influential 1959 confessional poetry collection *Life Studies*.
All labels observed (1)
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| “The Old Flame” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12942148 — 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: “The Old Flame” Context triple: [Life Studies, hasPart, “The Old Flame”]
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A.
“Goodbye to Romance”
“Goodbye to Romance” is a song featured on the punk rock album *Love Is for Losers* by The Longshot, a side project of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
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B.
“Woman in Love”
“Woman in Love” is a song featured within the musical work or album “Green Man.”
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C.
Old Love
"Old Love" is a blues-influenced ballad by Eric Clapton, co-written with Robert Cray, known for its emotive guitar solos and themes of lingering romantic feelings.
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D.
"Late in the Evening"
"Late in the Evening" is a 1980 pop-rock song by Paul Simon, noted for its Latin-influenced rhythms and horn arrangements.
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E.
Living Flame of Love
Living Flame of Love is a mystical poem and spiritual treatise by St. John of the Cross that explores the soul’s transformative union with God through the metaphor of a burning, purifying divine love.
- 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: “The Old Flame” Target entity description: “The Old Flame” is a poem by Robert Lowell included in his influential 1959 confessional poetry collection *Life Studies*.
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A.
“Goodbye to Romance”
“Goodbye to Romance” is a song featured on the punk rock album *Love Is for Losers* by The Longshot, a side project of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
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B.
“Woman in Love”
“Woman in Love” is a song featured within the musical work or album “Green Man.”
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C.
Old Love
"Old Love" is a blues-influenced ballad by Eric Clapton, co-written with Robert Cray, known for its emotive guitar solos and themes of lingering romantic feelings.
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D.
"Late in the Evening"
"Late in the Evening" is a 1980 pop-rock song by Paul Simon, noted for its Latin-influenced rhythms and horn arrangements.
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E.
Living Flame of Love
Living Flame of Love is a mystical poem and spiritual treatise by St. John of the Cross that explores the soul’s transformative union with God through the metaphor of a burning, purifying divine love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boston literary scene
ⓘ
postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| author | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| firstIncludedIn | Life Studies ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre | confessional poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| hasCollection | Life Studies ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPublicationDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| includedIn | Life Studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Confessional poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introspective tone
ⓘ
use of autobiographical material ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Lowell’s confessional phase ⓘ |
| poet | Robert Lowell ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection |
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
ⓘ
linked to:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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| subjectMatter |
memory
ⓘ
past relationships ⓘ regret ⓘ self-examination ⓘ |
| workIn | Life Studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “The Old Flame” Description of subject: “The Old Flame” is a poem by Robert Lowell included in his influential 1959 confessional poetry collection *Life Studies*.
Referenced by (1)
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