Sunflower Sutra
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Sunflower Sutra is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that blends vivid imagery and social critique to lament industrial decay while affirming a resilient, spiritual beauty in America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sunflower Sutra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854860 — 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: Sunflower Sutra Context triple: [Allen Ginsberg, notableWork, Sunflower Sutra]
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A.
Bodhisattva of the Future
Bodhisattva of the Future is a revered Buddhist figure prophesied to appear in a coming age to attain full enlightenment and teach the Dharma anew for the benefit of all beings.
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B.
Bodhisattvas of the Earth
Bodhisattvas of the Earth are a vast assembly of enlightened beings in Nichiren Buddhism who emerge in the Lotus Sutra as the destined protectors and propagators of its teachings in the present age.
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C.
Book of Serenity
The Book of Serenity is a classic Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan collection, widely studied for its poetic commentaries and teachings on enlightenment.
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D.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
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E.
Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its profound teaching on emptiness and the illusory nature of phenomena, and is also one of the oldest known printed books in the world.
- 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: Sunflower Sutra Target entity description: Sunflower Sutra is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that blends vivid imagery and social critique to lament industrial decay while affirming a resilient, spiritual beauty in America.
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A.
Bodhisattva of the Future
Bodhisattva of the Future is a revered Buddhist figure prophesied to appear in a coming age to attain full enlightenment and teach the Dharma anew for the benefit of all beings.
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B.
Bodhisattvas of the Earth
Bodhisattvas of the Earth are a vast assembly of enlightened beings in Nichiren Buddhism who emerge in the Lotus Sutra as the destined protectors and propagators of its teachings in the present age.
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C.
Book of Serenity
The Book of Serenity is a classic Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan collection, widely studied for its poetic commentaries and teachings on enlightenment.
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D.
The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life is a prominent bronze sculpture by Gustav Vigeland symbolizing the human life cycle, located in Oslo’s Vigeland Sculpture Park.
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E.
Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture renowned for its profound teaching on emptiness and the illusory nature of phenomena, and is also one of the oldest known printed books in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | sunflower ⓘ |
| associatedWith | San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ |
| author | Allen Ginsberg ⓘ |
| containsSocialCritiqueOf |
American consumerism
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industrial society ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateWritten | 1955 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Howl
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surface form:
Howl and Other Poems
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| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | Beat poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
American countercultural literature
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later environmental poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
machinery
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railroad tracks ⓘ smoke and soot ⓘ sunflower ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
apostrophe
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imagery ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th century American poetry ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| movement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| notableLine |
"Poor dead flower? when did you forget you were a flower?"
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"we're not our skin of grime" ⓘ |
| partOf | Allen Ginsberg's early poetic oeuvre ⓘ |
| placeWritten | Richmond, California ⓘ |
| publisher |
City Lights Publishers
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surface form:
City Lights Books
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
America
ⓘ
Howl ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | none ⓘ |
| setting | railroad yard in Richmond, California ⓘ |
| symbol |
sunflower as corrupted natural beauty
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sunflower as resilient spiritual core ⓘ |
| theme |
American identity
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critique of materialism ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ hope ⓘ industrial decay ⓘ redemption ⓘ spiritual beauty ⓘ urban and industrial blight ⓘ |
| tone |
lamenting
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prophetic ⓘ ultimately affirmative ⓘ |
| yearOfPublication | 1956 ⓘ |
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Subject: Sunflower Sutra Description of subject: Sunflower Sutra is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that blends vivid imagery and social critique to lament industrial decay while affirming a resilient, spiritual beauty in America.
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