Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow
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"Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow" is a meditative lyric poem by Robert Duncan that explores memory, imagination, and a recurring inner landscape as a site of spiritual and poetic revelation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12941716 — 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: Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow Context triple: [The Opening of the Field, notablePoem, Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow]
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A.
The Meadow
The Meadow is a large open green space within Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York, commonly used for recreation, events, and outdoor gatherings.
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B.
A Tree in the Meadow
"A Tree in the Meadow" is a popular 1948 traditional pop song closely associated with singer Margaret Whiting’s hit recording.
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C.
Grazing in the Grass
"Grazing in the Grass" is a 1968 instrumental jazz hit by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela that became an international chart-topping crossover success.
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D.
Out in the Fields
"Out in the Fields" is a 1985 hard rock/metal single by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, featuring Phil Lynott, that addresses the violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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E.
Shadows on the Grass
"Shadows on the Grass" is a memoir by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) that revisits her years in colonial Kenya through reflective, nostalgic essays that complement her earlier work "Out of Africa."
- 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: Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow Target entity description: "Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow" is a meditative lyric poem by Robert Duncan that explores memory, imagination, and a recurring inner landscape as a site of spiritual and poetic revelation.
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A.
The Meadow
The Meadow is a large open green space within Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York, commonly used for recreation, events, and outdoor gatherings.
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B.
A Tree in the Meadow
"A Tree in the Meadow" is a popular 1948 traditional pop song closely associated with singer Margaret Whiting’s hit recording.
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C.
Grazing in the Grass
"Grazing in the Grass" is a 1968 instrumental jazz hit by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela that became an international chart-topping crossover success.
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D.
Out in the Fields
"Out in the Fields" is a 1985 hard rock/metal single by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, featuring Phil Lynott, that addresses the violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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E.
Shadows on the Grass
"Shadows on the Grass" is a memoir by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) that revisits her years in colonial Kenya through reflective, nostalgic essays that complement her earlier work "Out of Africa."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralSymbol | meadow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely anthologized and discussed in literary criticism ⓘ |
| explores |
idea of a preexistent order of words
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process of poetic creation ⓘ relationship between language and being ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | meditative lyric ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine | "Often I am permitted to return to a meadow" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Robert Duncan's poetic oeuvre ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
modernist poetics
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mythic and mystical traditions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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metaphor ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American postmodern poetry
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Black Mountain poets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
imagination
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inner landscape ⓘ memory ⓘ poetic inspiration ⓘ return and recurrence ⓘ spiritual revelation ⓘ |
| meter | non-metrical ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | unrhymed ⓘ |
| setting |
imagined meadow
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inner psychic landscape ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
courses on Black Mountain poets
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courses on contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
intersection of memory and vision
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relationship between poet and imagination ⓘ sacred space in consciousness ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
origin of the poem
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source of poetic language ⓘ spiritual refuge ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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reverent ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow Description of subject: "Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow" is a meditative lyric poem by Robert Duncan that explores memory, imagination, and a recurring inner landscape as a site of spiritual and poetic revelation.
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