Lyrical Ballads
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Lyrical Ballads is a landmark 1798 poetry collection by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge that helped launch the English Romantic movement with its focus on nature, emotion, and ordinary life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lyrical Ballads canonical | 8 |
| Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800 edition) | 1 |
| Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lyrical Ballads Context triple: [William Wordsworth, notableWork, Lyrical Ballads]
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A.
Songs of Innocence
Songs of Innocence is a 2014 studio album by Irish rock band U2 that explores themes of youth and personal history, controversially released for free to all iTunes users.
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B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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C.
Lake Poets
The Lake Poets were a group of early 19th-century English Romantic writers, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, whose work was closely associated with the landscapes and rural life of England’s Lake District.
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D.
The Lamb
The Lamb is a small uninhabited rocky islet in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, known for its seabird colonies and proximity to the island of Fidra.
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E.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame and popularized the brooding, romantic "Byronic hero" in early 19th-century literature.
- 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: Lyrical Ballads Target entity description: Lyrical Ballads is a landmark 1798 poetry collection by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge that helped launch the English Romantic movement with its focus on nature, emotion, and ordinary life.
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A.
Songs of Innocence
Songs of Innocence is a 2014 studio album by Irish rock band U2 that explores themes of youth and personal history, controversially released for free to all iTunes users.
-
B.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
-
C.
Lake Poets
The Lake Poets were a group of early 19th-century English Romantic writers, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey, whose work was closely associated with the landscapes and rural life of England’s Lake District.
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D.
The Lamb
The Lamb is a small uninhabited rocky islet in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, known for its seabird colonies and proximity to the island of Fidra.
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E.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a long narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame and popularized the brooding, romantic "Byronic hero" in early 19th-century literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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book edition ⓘ literary preface ⓘ literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ poem ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| aimedTo | use language of ordinary people ⓘ |
| author |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ William Wordsworth ⓘ William Wordsworth ⓘ William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ⓘ |
| contributedTo | rise of English Romantic movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | initially mixed reviews ⓘ |
| editor | William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlaceOfPublication | Bristol ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Joseph Cottle ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
Lyrical Ballads
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800 edition)
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| hasForm |
ballad
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasPreface | Preface to Lyrical Ballads ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood and memory
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psychological states ⓘ supernatural elements ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century English poetry
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Romantic poets ⓘ |
| innovation | rejection of neoclassical poetic diction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterRecognition | landmark of English literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on emotion
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focus on nature ⓘ focus on ordinary life ⓘ statement of Romantic poetic theory ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 1798 ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1800
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1800 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
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surface form:
Longman
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| targetAudience | general reading public ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
imagination
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relationship between man and nature ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800 edition)
this entity surface form:
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems