poem "Examination at the Womb-Door"
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"Examination at the Womb-Door" is a dark, existential poem by Ted Hughes from his Crow sequence, in which a questioning voice interrogates the nature of life, death, and identity.
All labels observed (1)
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| poem "Examination at the Womb-Door" canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: poem "Examination at the Womb-Door" Context triple: [Crow, hasPart, poem "Examination at the Womb-Door"]
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poem "The Book of Longing"
"The Book of Longing" is a reflective, lyrical poem by Leonard Cohen that explores themes of desire, spirituality, aging, and introspection in his characteristically spare, musical language.
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poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
The poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a powerful Soviet-era work condemning antisemitism and historical injustice, using the Nazi massacre at Babi Yar as a symbol of broader persecution and moral failure.
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The Winding Stair and Other Poems
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is a 1933 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending mystical symbolism with meditations on aging, history, and spiritual transformation.
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poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna"
"The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" is a famous early 19th-century elegiac poem by Charles Wolfe that solemnly commemorates the quiet, unceremonious burial of British General Sir John Moore after the Battle of Corunna in the Peninsular War.
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Poemata
Poemata is a collection of Latin poems by the Swiss polymath Albrecht von Haller, reflecting his prominence in 18th-century scientific and literary circles.
- 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: poem "Examination at the Womb-Door" Target entity description: "Examination at the Womb-Door" is a dark, existential poem by Ted Hughes from his Crow sequence, in which a questioning voice interrogates the nature of life, death, and identity.
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A.
poem "The Book of Longing"
"The Book of Longing" is a reflective, lyrical poem by Leonard Cohen that explores themes of desire, spirituality, aging, and introspection in his characteristically spare, musical language.
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B.
poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
The poem "Babi Yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a powerful Soviet-era work condemning antisemitism and historical injustice, using the Nazi massacre at Babi Yar as a symbol of broader persecution and moral failure.
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C.
The Winding Stair and Other Poems
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is a 1933 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending mystical symbolism with meditations on aging, history, and spiritual transformation.
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D.
poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna"
"The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" is a famous early 19th-century elegiac poem by Charles Wolfe that solemnly commemorates the quiet, unceremonious burial of British General Sir John Moore after the Battle of Corunna in the Peninsular War.
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E.
Poemata
Poemata is a collection of Latin poems by the Swiss polymath Albrecht von Haller, reflecting his prominence in 18th-century scientific and literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
limits of human identity
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powerlessness of the individual before death ⓘ questioning of religious or metaphysical certainties ⓘ relationship between birth and death ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
dark poetry
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existential poetry ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Crow ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
fragility of human life
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inevitability of death ⓘ interrogation of the self ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard anthologies of Ted Hughes’s work ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
irony
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personification ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern poetry ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | question and answer ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | interrogative voice ⓘ |
| partOf |
Crow
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Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
courses on modern British poetry
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university literature courses ⓘ |
| style |
confrontational
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minimalist ⓘ stark ⓘ |
| theme |
cosmic indifference
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death ⓘ existentialism ⓘ human vulnerability ⓘ identity ⓘ life ⓘ mortality ⓘ power of death ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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grim ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
| workSeries | Crow sequence ⓘ |
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Subject: poem "Examination at the Womb-Door" Description of subject: "Examination at the Womb-Door" is a dark, existential poem by Ted Hughes from his Crow sequence, in which a questioning voice interrogates the nature of life, death, and identity.
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