Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

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Poetry | Thomas Gray

Why is "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" called a pastoral elegy?

Why is "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" called a pastoral elegy? Or, discuss "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" as an elegy? An elegy is a sad poem that thinks about de...
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Brief Questions

Who wrote the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”? Answer: Thomas Gray wrote the poem. What time of day is described at the beginning of the poem? Answer: Evening time, wh...
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How does Thomas Gray glorify common men in his elegy? 

How does Thomas Gray glorify common men in his elegy?  Or, how does Gray glorify the common men in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? Or, how was the life of the villagers in...
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How does Gray meditate on the death of the ordinary country people

How does Gray meditate on the death of the ordinary country people and the vanity of human pretensions in his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? Thomas Gray (1716–1771) think...
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Why is "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" called a pastoral elegy?

Why is "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" called a pastoral elegy? Or, discuss "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" as an elegy? An elegy is a sad poem that thinks about de...
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Brief Questions

Who wrote the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”? Answer: Thomas Gray wrote the poem. What time of day is described at the beginning of the poem? Answer: Evening time, wh...
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How does Thomas Gray glorify common men in his elegy? 

How does Thomas Gray glorify common men in his elegy?  Or, how does Gray glorify the common men in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? Or, how was the life of the villagers in...
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How does Gray meditate on the death of the ordinary country people

How does Gray meditate on the death of the ordinary country people and the vanity of human pretensions in his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? Thomas Gray (1716–1771) think...
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How does Gray Glorify the Common Men in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?

How does Gray glorify the common men in “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”? In “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (1751), Thomas Gray (1716-1771) glorifies the lives of t...
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What Picture of Village Life do You Find in the Poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?

What picture of village life do you find in the poem? Thomas Gray’s  (1716-71) “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (1751) is a famous poem about life, death, and the beauty of...
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