Make a note on the use of imagery in “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”.

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Make a note on the use of imagery in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray s nbsp - poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard uses vivid imagery It creates pictures in the reader s mind The imagery makes the poem beautiful and thoughtful It brings the village and its people to life Evening Scene The poem begins with evening imagery Words like curfew tolls lowing herd and plowman show the peaceful end of the day These lines create a calm and quiet mood Natural Landscape The poem describes nature using clear images Words like glimm'ring landscape solemn stillness and drowsy tinklings paint a soft fading scene Sounds in the Air Gray uses sound imagery to make the setting vivid The beetle's droning flight and the owl s complaint bring life to the quiet countryside Graveyard Description The imagery of the graveyard is very strong Words like rugged

elms yew-tree's shade and mould'ring heap show an old silent burial ground The Dead Villagers Gray uses images to describe the lives of the villagers Narrow cell refers to their graves It shows their simple and peaceful rest Gray s use of imagery is powerful It helps readers feel the beauty and sadness of the scene It also makes the theme of life and death more real

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