City Without Walls and Other Poems
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City Without Walls and Other Poems is a 1969 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his later style, blending formal experimentation with meditations on history, morality, and modern life.
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| City Without Walls and Other Poems canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: City Without Walls and Other Poems Context triple: [About the House, followedBy, City Without Walls and Other Poems]
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A.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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B.
City of Poets
City of Poets is a celebrated nickname for Shiraz, Iran, renowned as the home of legendary Persian poets such as Hafez and Saadi and a historic center of literature and culture.
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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.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems is a comprehensive volume gathering the major poetic works of W. H. Auden, showcasing the range and evolution of his influential modernist verse.
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E.
Twenty-Five Poems
Twenty-Five Poems is an early collection of intensely lyrical and visionary poetry by Dylan Thomas that helped establish his reputation as a major 20th-century poet.
- 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: City Without Walls and Other Poems Target entity description: City Without Walls and Other Poems is a 1969 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects his later style, blending formal experimentation with meditations on history, morality, and modern life.
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A.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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B.
City of Poets
City of Poets is a celebrated nickname for Shiraz, Iran, renowned as the home of legendary Persian poets such as Hafez and Saadi and a historic center of literature and culture.
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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.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems is a comprehensive volume gathering the major poetic works of W. H. Auden, showcasing the range and evolution of his influential modernist verse.
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E.
Twenty-Five Poems
Twenty-Five Poems is an early collection of intensely lyrical and visionary poetry by Dylan Thomas that helped establish his reputation as a major 20th-century poet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
lyric poetry
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meditative poem ⓘ occasional verse ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
A New Year Greeting
ⓘ
August, 1968 ⓘ City Without Walls ⓘ Moon Landing ⓘ Partition ⓘ Prologue: The Birth of Architecture ⓘ River Profile ⓘ The Common Life ⓘ The Horatians ⓘ
linked to:
Horatii brothers
The Islanders ⓘ The Sabbath ⓘ The Shield of Achilles (revised version) ⓘ
linked to:
The Shield of Achilles
The Song of the Master and Boatswain ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ethical responsibility
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history and memory ⓘ political events ⓘ public and private life ⓘ religion and faith ⓘ technology and modernity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| notableFor | reflection of Auden's later style ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | late poetry of W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Faber and Faber
ⓘ
Random House ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
formal experimentation
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meditative tone ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
history
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modern life ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed |
20th century
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contemporary politics of the 1960s ⓘ |
| writer | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
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