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Holograph manuscript of Gray's "Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard". The poem most likely originated in the poetry that Gray composed in 1742. William Mason, in Memoirs, discussed his friend Gray and the origins of Elegy: "I am inclined to believe that the Elegy in a Country Church-yard was begun, if not concluded, at this time [August 1742] also: Though I am aware that as it stands at ...
Plaque marking Thomas Gray's birthplace at 39 Cornhill, London. Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. [1]
Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is believed to have been written in the churchyard of Saint Giles. The church is a Grade I listed building. [34] [35] [36] Other churches have claimed the honour, including St Laurence's Church, Upton-cum-Chalvey and St Mary's in Everdon, Northamptonshire. Gray's Monument, Stoke Poges
Gray's tomb is designated Grade II. [21] The Gray Monument (adjacent to St Giles' church and owned by the National Trust) [22] is listed at Grade II*. [23] The lychgate is by John Oldrid Scott and is a Grade II listed structure. [24] The churchyard also contains war graves of six British armed services personnel, four of World War I and two of ...
"Carper 1987" - Carper, Thomas. "Gray's Personal Elegy" in Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. "Weinbrot 1978" - Weinbrot, Howard. "Gray's Elegy: A Poem of Moral Choice and Resolution" (need to check the publication year is 1978) "Golden 1988" - Golden, Morris. Thomas Gray.
"Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" Thomas Gray "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" "The Bard" Robert Herrick "To Blossoms" "To Daffodils" Thomas Heywood "Morning" James Hogg "A Boy's Song" "The Skylark" Thomas Hood "A Lake and a Fairy Boat" "I Remember, I Remember" Ben Jonson "Hymn to Diana" John Keats "La Belle Dame Sans Mercy"
These works appeared in Pope's lifetime and were popular, but the older, more conservative poetry maintained its hold for a while to come. On the other hand, Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard set off a new craze for poetry of melancholy reflection. Gray's Elegy appeared in 1750, and it immediately set new ground. First, it was ...
However, in 1751, Thomas Gray wrote "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard". That poem inspired numerous imitators, and soon both the revived Pindaric ode and "elegy" were commonplace. Gray used the term elegy for a poem of solitude and mourning, and not just for funereal verse. He also freed the elegy from the classical elegiac meter.