• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
    The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
    The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
    The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
    And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
    Hepsini oku
    • Th' applause of list'ning senates to command
    • And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes
  • Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard‘ belongs to the genre of elegy. An elegy is a poem written to mourn a person’s death.
  • Th’ applause of list’ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o’er a smiling land, And read their hist’ry in a nation’s eyes
  • On 3 June 1750, Gray moved to Stoke Poges, and on 12 June he completed Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
  • "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is the British writer Thomas Gray's most famous poem, first published in 1751.
  • Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. 1 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, 2 The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea
  • Analysis of Poetic Devices Used in “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”. Poetic and literary devices are the same, but a few are used only in poetry.
  • Cover art for Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray.
  • Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
  • Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. THE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his...
  • Thomas Gray takes on this challenge as he celebrates the lives of ordinary people in his 1751 “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.”
  • Type of Work. ."Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" isóas the title indicatesóan elegy. Such a poem centers on the death of a person or persons and is...
  • Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," first published in 1751, stands as one of the most beloved and enduring poems in English literature.