Ode: Intimations of Immortality
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"Ode: Intimations of Immortality" is a major lyric poem by William Wordsworth reflecting on childhood, memory, and the loss and partial recovery of a visionary sense of the divine in nature.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ode: Intimations of Immortality Context triple: [William Wordsworth, notableWork, Ode: Intimations of Immortality]
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A.
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" is an 18th-century lyric poem by Thomas Gray that nostalgically reflects on youth and the inevitable suffering that comes with adult experience.
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B.
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a renowned mid-18th-century meditative poem by Thomas Gray reflecting on mortality, social class, and the lives of the rural poor.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kubla Khan
"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
- 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: Ode: Intimations of Immortality Target entity description: "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" is a major lyric poem by William Wordsworth reflecting on childhood, memory, and the loss and partial recovery of a visionary sense of the divine in nature.
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A.
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" is an 18th-century lyric poem by Thomas Gray that nostalgically reflects on youth and the inevitable suffering that comes with adult experience.
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B.
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a renowned mid-18th-century meditative poem by Thomas Gray reflecting on mortality, social class, and the lives of the rural poor.
-
C.
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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D.
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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E.
Kubla Khan
"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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ode ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ode: Intimations of Immortality
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Intimations of Immortality
Ode: Intimations of Immortality ⓘ
surface form:
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
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| author | William Wordsworth ⓘ |
| compositionPeriodEnd | 1804 ⓘ |
| compositionPeriodStart | 1802 ⓘ |
| containsLine |
Hence in a season of calm weather
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Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting ⓘ Shades of the prison-house begin to close ⓘ The soul that rises with us, our life's Star ⓘ Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears ⓘ To me the meanest flower that blows can give ⓘ Trailing clouds of glory do we come ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
central work of English Romantic poetry
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one of Wordsworth's greatest poems ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
partial recovery of visionary insight through memory
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spiritual intuition in childhood ⓘ the divine in nature ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1807 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Poems, in Two Volumes ⓘ |
| form | ode ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasTone |
elegiac
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meditative ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian imagery
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Platonic philosophy ⓘ Wordsworth's childhood in the Lake District ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Romanticism
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surface form:
English Romanticism
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| meter | irregular meter ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 11 ⓘ |
| openingLine | There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Ode: Intimations of Immortality
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surface form:
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
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| partOf | Wordsworth's major odes ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| setting | idealized English countryside ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
childhood
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
intimations of immortality
loss of visionary experience ⓘ memory ⓘ nature ⓘ |
| theme |
pre-existence of the soul
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recollection as a source of spiritual insight ⓘ the contrast between childhood and adulthood ⓘ the fading of visionary glory with age ⓘ the relationship between the human mind and nature ⓘ |
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Subject: Ode: Intimations of Immortality Description of subject: "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" is a major lyric poem by William Wordsworth reflecting on childhood, memory, and the loss and partial recovery of a visionary sense of the divine in nature.
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William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
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Intimations of Immortality
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
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