The Last Rose of Summer
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The Last Rose of Summer is a famous early-19th-century Irish poem and song by Thomas Moore, known for its melancholic reflection on aging, loss, and the passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Rose of Summer canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6456629 — 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 Last Rose of Summer Context triple: [Thomas Moore, notableWork, The Last Rose of Summer]
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A.
Rambling Rose
Rambling Rose is a 1991 American drama film, set in the 1930s South, for which Laura Dern received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her lead performance.
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B.
The Midnight Rose
The Midnight Rose is a historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines a sweeping love story across generations and continents, moving between colonial India and modern-day England.
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C.
The Yellow Rose
The Yellow Rose is an American television drama series from the early 1980s centered on a Texas ranching family.
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D.
The Ballad of Sally Rose
The Ballad of Sally Rose is a 1985 concept album by Emmylou Harris that tells a semi-autobiographical, narrative-driven country story inspired in part by her relationship with Gram Parsons.
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E.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is a Pre-Raphaelite-style oil painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts young women gathering flowers as an allegory of the fleeting nature of youth and beauty.
- 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 Last Rose of Summer Target entity description: The Last Rose of Summer is a famous early-19th-century Irish poem and song by Thomas Moore, known for its melancholic reflection on aging, loss, and the passage of time.
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A.
Rambling Rose
Rambling Rose is a 1991 American drama film, set in the 1930s South, for which Laura Dern received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her lead performance.
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B.
The Midnight Rose
The Midnight Rose is a historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that intertwines a sweeping love story across generations and continents, moving between colonial India and modern-day England.
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C.
The Yellow Rose
The Yellow Rose is an American television drama series from the early 1980s centered on a Texas ranching family.
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D.
The Ballad of Sally Rose
The Ballad of Sally Rose is a 1985 concept album by Emmylou Harris that tells a semi-autobiographical, narrative-driven country story inspired in part by her relationship with Gram Parsons.
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E.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May is a Pre-Raphaelite-style oil painting by John William Waterhouse that depicts young women gathering flowers as an allegory of the fleeting nature of youth and beauty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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song ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
art song
ⓘ
parlor song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish musical nationalism
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Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional Irish air "Aisling an Óig" ("The Young Man’s Dream") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| firstLine | "’Tis the last rose of summer" ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish art song
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
flower imagery
ⓘ
nature imagery ⓘ |
| hasMood | nostalgic ⓘ |
| hasSetting | late summer garden ⓘ |
| influenced | 19th-century sentimental song tradition ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceContext |
domestic music-making
ⓘ
salon performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| lyricist | Thomas Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | common meter ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent inclusion in song collections
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widespread popularity in the 19th century ⓘ |
| period | early 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setToTune | traditional Irish melody ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 3 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a single remaining rose at the end of the season ⓘ |
| symbolism |
summer symbolizes youth
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the fading rose symbolizes mortality ⓘ the rose symbolizes the last survivor among friends ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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death ⓘ loneliness ⓘ loss ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| tone | melancholic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Last Rose of Summer Description of subject: The Last Rose of Summer is a famous early-19th-century Irish poem and song by Thomas Moore, known for its melancholic reflection on aging, loss, and the passage of time.
Referenced by (4)
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