The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
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"The force that through the green fuse drives the flower" is a lyric poem by Dylan Thomas that meditates on the shared, paradoxical life-and-death force animating nature and human existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The force that through the green fuse drives the flower canonical | 2 |
| The force that through the green age drives the flower | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19153905 — 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 force that through the green fuse drives the flower Context triple: [18 Poems, hasPoem, The force that through the green fuse drives the flower]
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A.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" is a famous opening line from Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, evoking an ideal of simple, contemplative pleasure in nature.
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B.
I died for Beauty—but was scarce
"I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is a short, enigmatic lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the kinship between beauty and truth through a posthumous dialogue between two dead speakers.
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C.
“Go, lovely Rose”
“Go, lovely Rose” is a celebrated 17th-century lyric poem by Edmund Waller that meditates on beauty, transience, and unrequited love through the extended metaphor of a rose.
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D.
I heard a Fly buzz—when I died
"I heard a Fly buzz—when I died" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on the moment of death through the startlingly mundane image of a fly interrupting the speaker’s final passage.
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E.
Do not go gentle into that good night
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- 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 force that through the green fuse drives the flower Target entity description: "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower" is a lyric poem by Dylan Thomas that meditates on the shared, paradoxical life-and-death force animating nature and human existence.
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A.
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough" is a famous opening line from Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, evoking an ideal of simple, contemplative pleasure in nature.
-
B.
I died for Beauty—but was scarce
"I died for Beauty—but was scarce" is a short, enigmatic lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that explores the kinship between beauty and truth through a posthumous dialogue between two dead speakers.
-
C.
“Go, lovely Rose”
“Go, lovely Rose” is a celebrated 17th-century lyric poem by Edmund Waller that meditates on beauty, transience, and unrequited love through the extended metaphor of a rose.
-
D.
I heard a Fly buzz—when I died
"I heard a Fly buzz—when I died" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that meditates on the moment of death through the startlingly mundane image of a fly interrupting the speaker’s final passage.
-
E.
Do not go gentle into that good night
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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