The Journey Back (poem)
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"The Journey Back" is a poem by Seamus Heaney included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, reflecting his characteristic blend of memory, landscape, and meditative reflection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Journey Back (poem) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439588 — 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: The Journey Back (poem) Context triple: [Seeing Things, hasPart, The Journey Back (poem)]
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A.
On a Plain
"On a Plain" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, featured on their landmark 1991 album Nevermind.
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B.
A Journey That Wasn’t
A Journey That Wasn’t is a 2005 multimedia art project and film by Pierre Huyghe that interweaves a staged Antarctic expedition with a choreographed outdoor performance in New York’s Central Park to explore memory, fiction, and constructed realities.
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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.
There and Back
"There and Back" is a 1980 instrumental rock and jazz fusion album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, noted for its virtuosic playing and innovative use of synthesizers.
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E.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
- 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: The Journey Back (poem) Target entity description: "The Journey Back" is a poem by Seamus Heaney included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, reflecting his characteristic blend of memory, landscape, and meditative reflection.
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A.
On a Plain
"On a Plain" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, featured on their landmark 1991 album Nevermind.
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B.
A Journey That Wasn’t
A Journey That Wasn’t is a 2005 multimedia art project and film by Pierre Huyghe that interweaves a staged Antarctic expedition with a choreographed outdoor performance in New York’s Central Park to explore memory, fiction, and constructed realities.
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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.
There and Back
"There and Back" is a 1980 instrumental rock and jazz fusion album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, noted for its virtuosic playing and innovative use of synthesizers.
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E.
The Journey
The Journey is a film score composed by Academy Award–winning British composer Stephen Warbeck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| collection | Seeing Things ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| creator | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorStyle |
blend of memory and landscape
ⓘ
meditative tone ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person reflection ⓘ |
| hasReputation | representative of Heaney’s reflective style ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
personal recollection
ⓘ
place and environment ⓘ |
| includedIn |
collected poems of Seamus Heaney
ⓘ
linked to:
Seamus Heaney: Collected Poems
|
| isWrittenIn | verse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Irish poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| partOf | Seeing Things ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| theme |
journey
ⓘ
landscape ⓘ meditation ⓘ memory ⓘ reflection ⓘ return ⓘ time ⓘ |
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Subject: The Journey Back (poem) Description of subject: "The Journey Back" is a poem by Seamus Heaney included in his 1991 collection *Seeing Things*, reflecting his characteristic blend of memory, landscape, and meditative reflection.
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