Fosterling (poem)
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"Fosterling" is a reflective poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that meditates on aging, self-acceptance, and the belated arrival of poetic confidence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fosterling (poem) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439586 — 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: Fosterling (poem) Context triple: [Seeing Things, hasPart, Fosterling (poem)]
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Juliana (poem)
Juliana is an Old English religious poem, preserved in the Exeter Book, that recounts the legend and martyrdom of Saint Juliana.
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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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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.
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D.
The Poet
The Poet is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that follows a journalist investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicides, marking one of Connelly’s most acclaimed standalone works.
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E.
The Poetess
The Poetess is an honorific epithet traditionally given to Sappho, the renowned ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, celebrated for her passionate and intimate verse.
- 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: Fosterling (poem) Target entity description: "Fosterling" is a reflective poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that meditates on aging, self-acceptance, and the belated arrival of poetic confidence.
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A.
Juliana (poem)
Juliana is an Old English religious poem, preserved in the Exeter Book, that recounts the legend and martyrdom of Saint Juliana.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
The Poet
The Poet is a crime novel by Michael Connelly that follows a journalist investigating a series of murders staged to look like suicides, marking one of Connelly’s most acclaimed standalone works.
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E.
The Poetess
The Poetess is an honorific epithet traditionally given to Sappho, the renowned ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, celebrated for her passionate and intimate verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBirthYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrize | Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNobelPrizeYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| collection | Seeing Things NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| includedIn | Seeing Things (poetry collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| meter | irregular ⓘ |
| poet | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
reflection on the poet’s younger self
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the poet’s late-blooming assurance ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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artistic maturity ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ poetic confidence ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ time ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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meditative ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fosterling (poem) Description of subject: "Fosterling" is a reflective poem by Seamus Heaney, included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, that meditates on aging, self-acceptance, and the belated arrival of poetic confidence.
Referenced by (1)
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