John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV
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John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV is a metaphysical poem that passionately implores God to violently transform and redeem the speaker’s soul, famously beginning “Batter my heart, three-person’d God.”
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| John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19915665 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV Context triple: [Doctor Atomic, ariaTextSource, John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV]
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An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne
"An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne" is a 17th-century commemorative poem by Thomas Carew that mourns and celebrates the life, wit, and poetic legacy of the metaphysical poet John Donne.
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John Donne
John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
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Sir Gaven Donne
Sir Gaven Donne was a New Zealand jurist and colonial administrator who became the inaugural King's Representative in the Cook Islands, serving as the Crown's viceregal figure there.
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Milton’s Lycidas
Milton’s "Lycidas" is a 1637 pastoral elegy mourning the death of a fellow poet, renowned for its intricate blend of classical allusion, Christian theology, and reflections on poetic vocation.
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Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw was a 17th-century English metaphysical poet and Catholic convert known for his intensely devotional, baroque religious verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV Target entity description: John Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV is a metaphysical poem that passionately implores God to violently transform and redeem the speaker’s soul, famously beginning “Batter my heart, three-person’d God.”
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A.
An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne
"An Elegy upon the Death of the Dean of Paul’s, Dr. John Donne" is a 17th-century commemorative poem by Thomas Carew that mourns and celebrates the life, wit, and poetic legacy of the metaphysical poet John Donne.
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B.
John Donne
John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
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C.
Sir Gaven Donne
Sir Gaven Donne was a New Zealand jurist and colonial administrator who became the inaugural King's Representative in the Cook Islands, serving as the Crown's viceregal figure there.
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D.
Milton’s Lycidas
Milton’s "Lycidas" is a 1637 pastoral elegy mourning the death of a fellow poet, renowned for its intricate blend of classical allusion, Christian theology, and reflections on poetic vocation.
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E.
Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw was a 17th-century English metaphysical poet and Catholic convert known for his intensely devotional, baroque religious verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
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