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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

by Thomas Gray

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" reflects on mortality and the inevitable death that unites all humans, regardless of social status. The poem is structured in heroic quatrains,...

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" exemplifies Neoclassical poetry through its classical allusions and structured form. It references the "lacrinae rerum" theme from Virgil's Aeneid, reflecting...

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