The Second Coming
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"The Second Coming" is a landmark apocalyptic poem by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of chaos, historical cycles, and the disintegration of modern civilization.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Second Coming canonical | 3 |
| poem The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats (for the song Slouching Towards Bethlehem) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302516 — 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 Second Coming Context triple: [W.B. Yeats, notableWork, The Second Coming]
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A.
The Second Coming
The Second Coming is a British television drama written by Russell T Davies that reimagines the return of Christ in contemporary Manchester through an ordinary man who discovers he is the Son of God.
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B.
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
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C.
Strange Meeting
"Strange Meeting" is a renowned anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen that depicts a surreal encounter between two dead soldiers, powerfully conveying the futility and horror of war.
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D.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
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E.
The Poet
The Poet is a reflective, storytelling character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn," representing the voice of the poet among the gathered guests.
- 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 Second Coming Target entity description: "The Second Coming" is a landmark apocalyptic poem by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of chaos, historical cycles, and the disintegration of modern civilization.
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A.
The Second Coming
The Second Coming is a British television drama written by Russell T Davies that reimagines the return of Christ in contemporary Manchester through an ordinary man who discovers he is the Son of God.
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B.
The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men is a 1925 modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of spiritual desolation, paralysis, and the fragmentation of modern life.
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C.
Strange Meeting
"Strange Meeting" is a renowned anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen that depicts a surreal encounter between two dead soldiers, powerfully conveying the futility and horror of war.
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D.
The Poet
"The Poet" is a seminal essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores the nature, role, and visionary power of the poet in society and in expressing universal truths.
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E.
The Poet
The Poet is a reflective, storytelling character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s narrative poem collection "Tales of a Wayside Inn," representing the voice of the poet among the gathered guests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author |
W.B. Yeats
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surface form:
W. B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
William Butler Yeats
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| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
landmark poem of the 20th century
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one of Yeats's most famous poems ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1919 ⓘ |
| firstLine | Turning and turning in the widening gyre ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Dial ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre |
apocalyptic poetry
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modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasAllusion |
Book of Revelation
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Christian Second Coming of Christ ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation | often read as a vision of modernity's breakdown ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Irish political turmoil
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World War I ⓘ Yeats's theory of historical gyres ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn | Michael Robartes and the Dancer ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| meter | loosely iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableLine |
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
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Are full of passionate intensity. ⓘ Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? ⓘ The best lack all conviction, while the worst ⓘ Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 22 ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 2 ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian imagery and its subversion
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collapse of social order ⓘ prophetic vision of the future ⓘ transition between historical epochs ⓘ |
| symbol |
blood-dimmed tide
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falcon and falconer ⓘ rough beast ⓘ widening gyre ⓘ |
| theme |
anarchy
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apocalypse ⓘ chaos ⓘ disintegration of civilization ⓘ end of an era ⓘ historical cycles ⓘ loss of order ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| yearPublished | 1920 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Second Coming Description of subject: "The Second Coming" is a landmark apocalyptic poem by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of chaos, historical cycles, and the disintegration of modern civilization.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
poem The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats (for the song Slouching Towards Bethlehem)