Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray is a thoughtful and serious poem that displays the ideas he has behind death. He writes about death as something that makes all people equal, no matter who they are. Gray shows that death doesn’t care if someone is rich or poor, famous or unknown. It… Continue reading close reading sophia

For the final project, I’ve decided that I will be closely reading Thomas Gray’s poem Elegy in a Country Churchyard. I’ve chosen to pick the second option for the final. I used to always say I hated introspective writing, but no one knows you better than you do. However, I’ve always found it difficult to write… Continue reading Heaven DeJesus

For my final project, I chose to pursue the second option, focusing on Thomas Gray’s poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and drawing connections to the horrific acts and ongoing genocide faced by the Palestinian people.  21st stanza  Their name, their years, spelt by th’ unletter’d muse,           The place of fame and elegy supply: … Continue reading final Yasmine

“Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,          If Mem’ry o’er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro’ the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault          The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.” (10 Gray)