The Song of the Master and Boatswain
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"The Song of the Master and Boatswain" is a poem by W. H. Auden, included in his collection *About the House*, that reflects his characteristic blend of wit, formal skill, and meditations on domestic and existential themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Song of the Master and Boatswain canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5434057 — 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 Song of the Master and Boatswain Context triple: [About the House, hasPoem, The Song of the Master and Boatswain]
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A.
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B.
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C.
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D.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
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E.
Song of Seven
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- 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 Song of the Master and Boatswain Target entity description: "The Song of the Master and Boatswain" is a poem by W. H. Auden, included in his collection *About the House*, that reflects his characteristic blend of wit, formal skill, and meditations on domestic and existential themes.
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A.
The Bow and the Lyre
The Bow and the Lyre is a seminal critical work by Mexican poet Octavio Paz that explores the nature, function, and transformative power of poetry in modern society.
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B.
The Ship Who Sang
The Ship Who Sang is a science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey about a severely disabled girl whose brain is integrated into a starship, exploring themes of identity, autonomy, and humanity.
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C.
Song of the Thames-daughters
"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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D.
The Seven Oft-Repeated
The Seven Oft-Repeated is a revered title for Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Qur’an that is recited in every unit of Muslim prayer.
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E.
Song of Seven
"Song of Seven" is a 1980 progressive rock solo album by Jon Anderson, blending spiritual themes with lush, melodic arrangements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Auden's house at Kirchstetten ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCollection | About the House ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
formal skill
ⓘ
wit ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic life
ⓘ
existential reflection ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ time ⓘ |
| includedIn | About the House ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
ⓘ
post-war English poetry ⓘ |
| meter | regular metrical pattern ⓘ |
| partOf | W. H. Auden's late poetry ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor | Chester Kallman ⓘ |
| relatedWork | About the House ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on Auden's late style ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| writtenBy | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
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Subject: The Song of the Master and Boatswain Description of subject: "The Song of the Master and Boatswain" is a poem by W. H. Auden, included in his collection *About the House*, that reflects his characteristic blend of wit, formal skill, and meditations on domestic and existential themes.
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