Essay on Poetry
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Essay on Poetry is a critical and reflective poem by John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, that articulates principles of poetic composition and taste in the late 17th century.
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| Essay on Poetry canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essay on Poetry Context triple: [John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, notableWork, Essay on Poetry]
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A.
A Lecture on Modern Poetry
A Lecture on Modern Poetry is an influential critical essay by T. E. Hulme that helped articulate early modernist ideas about poetic form and language.
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Poetry
Poetry is a Python dependency management and packaging tool that simplifies creating, building, and publishing Python projects.
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C.
The Mutability of Literature
"The Mutability of Literature" is a reflective essay by Washington Irving, presented as part of his Sketch Book, that meditates wryly on the transience of books and literary fame.
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D.
The Teaching of Literature
The Teaching of Literature is an essay by Flannery O’Connor in which she reflects on the challenges and principles of teaching fiction and literary craft from a Catholic and realist perspective.
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E.
Papers on Literature and Art
Papers on Literature and Art is a collection of critical essays by Margaret Fuller that explores literature, aesthetics, and cultural criticism in the mid-19th century.
- 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: Essay on Poetry Target entity description: Essay on Poetry is a critical and reflective poem by John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, that articulates principles of poetic composition and taste in the late 17th century.
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A.
A Lecture on Modern Poetry
A Lecture on Modern Poetry is an influential critical essay by T. E. Hulme that helped articulate early modernist ideas about poetic form and language.
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B.
Poetry
Poetry is a Python dependency management and packaging tool that simplifies creating, building, and publishing Python projects.
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C.
The Mutability of Literature
"The Mutability of Literature" is a reflective essay by Washington Irving, presented as part of his Sketch Book, that meditates wryly on the transience of books and literary fame.
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D.
The Teaching of Literature
The Teaching of Literature is an essay by Flannery O’Connor in which she reflects on the challenges and principles of teaching fiction and literary craft from a Catholic and realist perspective.
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E.
Papers on Literature and Art
Papers on Literature and Art is a collection of critical essays by Margaret Fuller that explores literature, aesthetics, and cultural criticism in the mid-19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical poem
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didactic poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addresses |
critics
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poets ⓘ readers of poetry ⓘ |
| author | John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateWritten | late 17th century ⓘ |
| discusses |
balance between nature and rules
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criteria for good poetry ⓘ faults of contemporary poets ⓘ proper use of learning in poetry ⓘ role of judgment in writing ⓘ |
| form | verse essay ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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poetry ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | heroic couplets ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | aristocratic view of taste ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pope
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An Essay on Criticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Horace ⓘ classical poetics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Restoration literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | minor classic of English neoclassical criticism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
An Essay on Criticism
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Ars Poetica ⓘ |
| setInContextOf | late 17th-century English literary debates ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
principles of poetic criticism
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the art of poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
criticism of bad poets
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decorum in poetry ⓘ imitation of classical models ⓘ judgment and taste in literature ⓘ poetic composition ⓘ poetic taste ⓘ relationship between nature and art ⓘ rules of poetry ⓘ use of wit in poetry ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby