- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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a poem (1750) by Thomas Gray.
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard — a poem (1750) by Thomas Gray … Useful english dictionary
elegy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… … Modern English usage
elegy — [el′ə jē] n. pl. elegies [Fr élégie < L elegia < Gr elegeia < elegos, a lament < ? IE base * el > ALMS] 1. any poem in elegiac verse 2. a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley s “Adonais” 3. any poem, song, etc … English World dictionary
Elegy — The term elegy was originally used for a type of poetic meter (Elegiac metre), but is also used for a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegos , a reflection on the death of someone or on a sorrow generally which is a form of lyric poetry. An… … Wikipedia
Gray’s Elegy — the name most people use to refer to the poem called Elegy written in a Country Church Yard (1751) by Thomas Gray. It describes life in the country and the dignity of man, and was an early influence on the writers of the Romantic Movement. (=… … Universalium
eulogy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… … Modern English usage
Decasyllabic quatrain — is a term used for a poetic form in which each stanza consists of four lines of ten syllables each, usually with a rhyme scheme of AABB or ABAB. Examples of the decasyllabic quatrain in heroic couplets appear in some of the earliest texts in the… … Wikipedia
Stoke Poges — /stohk poh jis/ a village in S Buckinghamshire, in S England, W of London: the churchyard here is believed to be the setting of Gray s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. * * * ▪ historical village, England, United Kingdom town (parish),… … Universalium
Грей, Томас — Томас Грей Thomas Gray английский поэт … Википедия
Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph — ▪ German poet born Dec. 21, 1748, Mariensee, Hanover died Sept. 1, 1776, Mariensee German poet who is considered the most gifted lyric poet of the Göttinger Hain, a group of young poets who saw themselves as heirs of the great lyric poet… … Universalium
