Song of the Thames-daughters
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"Song of the Thames-daughters" is a lyrical passage in T. S. Eliot’s poem *The Waste Land* that evokes the voices of river nymphs lamenting love and loss along the polluted Thames.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Song of the Thames-daughters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4951842 — 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: Song of the Thames-daughters Context triple: [The Fire Sermon, alludesTo, Song of the Thames-daughters]
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A.
Harrow Songs
Harrow Songs are a celebrated collection of traditional school songs closely associated with the culture and history of Harrow School in England.
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B.
Tower of Song
"Tower of Song" is a reflective, wryly humorous song by Leonard Cohen that meditates on aging, artistry, and the burdens and rewards of a life devoted to songwriting.
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C.
The River
The River is a 1980 double album by Bruce Springsteen that blends rock, folk, and heartland storytelling, featuring themes of working-class struggle and emotional turmoil.
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D.
The River
"The River" is a 1938 Broadway play by Patrick Hastings, remembered today largely for featuring American stage and film actress Anne Revere in a notable role.
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E.
Lady of Song
Lady of Song is a celebrated nickname for Ella Fitzgerald, the iconic American jazz singer renowned for her pure tone, impeccable phrasing, and virtuosic scat singing.
- 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: Song of the Thames-daughters Target entity description: "Song of the Thames-daughters" is a lyrical passage in T. S. Eliot’s poem *The Waste Land* that evokes the voices of river nymphs lamenting love and loss along the polluted Thames.
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A.
Harrow Songs
Harrow Songs are a celebrated collection of traditional school songs closely associated with the culture and history of Harrow School in England.
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B.
Tower of Song
"Tower of Song" is a reflective, wryly humorous song by Leonard Cohen that meditates on aging, artistry, and the burdens and rewards of a life devoted to songwriting.
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C.
The River
The River is a 1980 double album by Bruce Springsteen that blends rock, folk, and heartland storytelling, featuring themes of working-class struggle and emotional turmoil.
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D.
The River
"The River" is a 1938 Broadway play by Patrick Hastings, remembered today largely for featuring American stage and film actress Anne Revere in a notable role.
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E.
Lady of Song
Lady of Song is a celebrated nickname for Ella Fitzgerald, the iconic American jazz singer renowned for her pure tone, impeccable phrasing, and virtuosic scat singing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic passage
ⓘ
section of a poem ⓘ |
| addresses | alienation in modern city life ⓘ |
| alludesTo |
Earl of Leicester
ⓘ
Elizabeth I ⓘ
linked to:
Elizabeth I of England
Philomela myth ⓘ
linked to:
Philomela
Shakespeare ⓘ
linked to:
William Shakespeare
Thames ⓘ The Tempest ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| belongsToMovement |
High modernism
ⓘ
linked to:
Modernism
|
| containsRefrain | "Weialala leia / Wallala leialala" ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1922 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | river nymphs ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Waste Land (1922)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Waste Land
|
| genre | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
industrial pollution
ⓘ
urban squalor ⓘ water imagery ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
mythic method
ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric passage ⓘ |
| locatedInWorkSection |
Part III "The Fire Sermon"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Fire Sermon
|
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| motif |
lament
ⓘ
loss ⓘ love ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple voices ⓘ |
| partOf | The Waste Land ⓘ |
| setting |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| style |
allusive
ⓘ
fragmentary ⓘ polyphonic voices ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corruption of nature by modern society
ⓘ
eroded romantic ideals ⓘ |
| theme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
fragmentation of modern life ⓘ moral decay ⓘ pollution ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
intertextuality
ⓘ
juxtaposition ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
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Subject: Song of the Thames-daughters Description of subject: "Song of the Thames-daughters" is a lyrical passage in T. S. Eliot’s poem *The Waste Land* that evokes the voices of river nymphs lamenting love and loss along the polluted Thames.
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