That is no country for old men.
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"That is no country for old men" is the famous opening line of W. B. Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium," evoking a world hostile to aging and spiritual contemplation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| That is no country for old men. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10767255 — 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: That is no country for old men. Context triple: [Sailing to Byzantium, openingLine, That is no country for old men.]
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A.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
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B.
Do not go gentle into that good night
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
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C.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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D.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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E.
And death shall have no dominion
"And death shall have no dominion" is a lyrical and metaphysical poem by Dylan Thomas that meditates on the endurance of the human spirit beyond death.
- 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: That is no country for old men. Target entity description: "That is no country for old men" is the famous opening line of W. B. Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium," evoking a world hostile to aging and spiritual contemplation.
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A.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
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B.
Do not go gentle into that good night
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
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C.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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D.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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E.
And death shall have no dominion
"And death shall have no dominion" is a lyrical and metaphysical poem by Dylan Thomas that meditates on the endurance of the human spirit beyond death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary quotation
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poetic line ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Sailing to Byzantium ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorNationality | Irish literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Irish Literary Revival ⓘ |
| describes |
a world hostile to aging
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a world hostile to spiritual contemplation ⓘ |
| evokesTheme |
hostility to aging
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materialism ⓘ mortality ⓘ spiritual contemplation ⓘ spiritual exile ⓘ transience of youth ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Tower ⓘ |
| genreContext | Modernist poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | frequently cited in discussions of aging and modern culture ⓘ |
| influencedTitleOf | No Country for Old Men ⓘ |
| influencedWorkBy | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter (approximate) ⓘ |
| openingLineOf | Sailing to Byzantium ⓘ |
| partOfStanza | first stanza of Sailing to Byzantium ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| quotedIn | literary criticism of modernity ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
W. B. Yeats
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linked to:
W.B. Yeats
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: That is no country for old men. Description of subject: "That is no country for old men" is the famous opening line of W. B. Yeats's poem "Sailing to Byzantium," evoking a world hostile to aging and spiritual contemplation.
Referenced by (1)
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