{"id":"01KG8AJGGG999JA42872G8RPCS","cid":"bafkreifb7nsprapjdkwjrj7ct4atke56aeivbqah7jz57lnuj4lm6tfaiu","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# THE BENCH OF BOORS\n## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)\n\"THE BENCH OF BOORS\" is a chapter of poetry, extracted from the text file [john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4). The chapter was extracted on January 30, 2026, and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text spans lines 1680 to 1706 of the source file.\n\n## Context - Background and provenance from related entities\nThis chapter is part of the poetry collection [John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H). The chapter is preceded by \"LONE FOUNTS\" and followed by \"ART\". The structure extraction was performed by \"structure-extraction-lambda\" on January 30, 2026.\n\n## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details\nThe poem \"THE BENCH OF BOORS\" describes a series of scenes involving \"boors\" in various states: musing, dreaming, and sleeplessness. The poem uses the imagery of \"boors\" in a tavern setting.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:10.895Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"THE BENCH OF BOORS","end_line":1706,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:32.310Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"THE BENCH OF BOORS","source_file":"01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4","start_line":1680,"text":"THE BENCH OF BOORS\r\n\r\n\r\nIn bed I muse on Tenier’s boors,\r\nEmbrowned and beery losels all;\r\n        A wakeful brain\r\n        Elaborates pain:\r\nWithin low doors the slugs of boors\r\nLaze and yawn and doze again.\r\n\r\nIn dreams they doze, the drowsy boors,\r\nTheir hazy hovel warm and small:\r\n        Thought’s ampler bound\r\n        But chill is found:\r\nWithin low doors the basking boors\r\nSnugly hug the ember-mound.\r\n\r\nSleepless, I see the slumberous boors\r\nTheir blurred eyes blink, their eyelids fall:\r\n        Thought’s eager sight\r\n        Aches—overbright!\r\nWithin low doors the boozy boors\r\nCat-naps take in pipe-bowl light.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"THE BENCH OF BOORS"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJGG88VHZS04S744JNJKH","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJH700C2BAJK2PTTSV5YF","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:33.904Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:11.123Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}