Notes to New Year Letter
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"Notes to New Year Letter" is a poem by W. H. Auden included in his 1941 collection *The Double Man*, reflecting his characteristic blend of moral reflection and modernist style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Notes to New Year Letter canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5434259 — 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: Notes to New Year Letter Context triple: [The Double Man, hasPart, Notes to New Year Letter]
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A.
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters is a collection of confessional poems by Ted Hughes reflecting on his relationship with Sylvia Plath and the emotional aftermath of her death.
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B.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year is a 1987 American crime-comedy film about a pair of jewel thieves planning a heist, directed by John G. Avildsen.
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C.
Happy New Year
"Happy New Year" is a song featured on the album *Rebel Soul*, known for its celebratory, reflective New Year’s theme.
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D.
New Year
New Year is the celebration marking the beginning of a new calendar year, commonly observed worldwide with festivities, traditions, and public holidays.
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E.
This Is the New Year
"This Is the New Year" is a pop song by A Great Big World that gained popularity for its uplifting, anthemic celebration of fresh starts and optimism.
- 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: Notes to New Year Letter Target entity description: "Notes to New Year Letter" is a poem by W. H. Auden included in his 1941 collection *The Double Man*, reflecting his characteristic blend of moral reflection and modernist style.
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A.
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters is a collection of confessional poems by Ted Hughes reflecting on his relationship with Sylvia Plath and the emotional aftermath of her death.
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B.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year is a 1987 American crime-comedy film about a pair of jewel thieves planning a heist, directed by John G. Avildsen.
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C.
Happy New Year
"Happy New Year" is a song featured on the album *Rebel Soul*, known for its celebratory, reflective New Year’s theme.
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D.
New Year
New Year is the celebration marking the beginning of a new calendar year, commonly observed worldwide with festivities, traditions, and public holidays.
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E.
This Is the New Year
"This Is the New Year" is a pop song by A Great Big World that gained popularity for its uplifting, anthemic celebration of fresh starts and optimism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
| collection | The Double Man ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Double Man ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialStyle |
modernist style
ⓘ
moral reflection ⓘ |
| hasPart |
aphoristic observations
ⓘ
epistolary address to the New Year ⓘ meditative commentary ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Notes to New Year Letter ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
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| includedIn |
Collected Poems of W. H. Auden
ⓘ
linked to:
Collected Poems
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| meter | regular meter with variations ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | early 1940s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | complex rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ethics
ⓘ
history ⓘ personal responsibility ⓘ politics ⓘ the role of the artist ⓘ |
| tone |
moralizing
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| writtenBy | W. H. Auden ⓘ |
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Subject: Notes to New Year Letter Description of subject: "Notes to New Year Letter" is a poem by W. H. Auden included in his 1941 collection *The Double Man*, reflecting his characteristic blend of moral reflection and modernist style.
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