Questions · Greatest poem · one of 2 runs

Greatest poem
Wording, run 2 of 2

Prompt, exactly as sentWhat is the greatest poem? Name one: title — creator. Then briefly say why.

One recorded run · 22 models · 44 replies

9 of 22

models named The Waste Land · in this wording alone

Next came Ozymandias with 3, The Divine Comedy with 2 and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night with 1. Eleven different answers in all.

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night1
Howl1
Ode on a Grecian Urn1
Ode to a Nightingale1
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer1
Every model’s answer (22)
ModelAnswerReplies
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpThe Waste Land1 of 2
ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B The Waste Land2 of 2
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteThe Waste Land2 of 2
Llama 3 8B LunarisThe Waste Land1 of 2
Llama 4 MaverickThe Waste Land2 of 2
Mercury 2The Waste Land2 of 2
Mistral: Devstral 2 2512The Waste Land2 of 2
Small 2603The Waste Land2 of 2
UncensoredThe Waste Land2 of 2
Cydonia 24B V4.1Ozymandias1 of 2
EdgeOzymandias1 of 2
Inference.net: Schematron V2 SmallOzymandias1 of 2
GPT-5.4 NanoThe Divine Comedy1 of 2
Solar Pro 4The Divine Comedy1 of 2
Nova Lite 1.0Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night2 of 2
Nova MicroHowl1 of 2
Claude 3 HaikuOde on a Grecian Urn1 of 2
Perceptron Mk1Ode to a Nightingale2 of 2
MythoMax 13BOn First Looking into Chapman's Homer1 of 2
MiMo v2.5The Iliad1 of 2
Google: Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)The Odyssey1 of 2
Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8BThe Road Not Taken1 of 2

All 2 runs combined →

Other runs: Wording, run 1 of 2

In their words

““The Waste Land” — T.S. Eliot. Because it gathers myth, prophecy, personal anguish, and cultural collapse into a single fragmented voice, and in doing so it reinvented what poetry could be for the modern world.”

DeepSeek · DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp · The Waste Land

“**"The Waste Land" — T.S. Eliot** It is widely considered the greatest poem of the 20th century because it masterfully synthesized the disillusionment of the post-World War I era.”

Google · Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite · The Waste Land

“"The Waste Land" — T.S. Eliot. "The Waste Land" is considered one of the greatest poems of the 20th century due to its modernist innovation, depth, and complexity.”

Meta · Llama 4 Maverick · The Waste Land

“**"The Waste Land" — T.S. Eliot** Why? It’s a towering modernist masterpiece that fragments myth, history, and language to capture the disillusionment of the post-World War I era.”

Mistral · Mistral: Devstral 2 2512 · The Waste Land
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