I found the overall tone of the poem understandable and realistic. The poem didn’t exactly detail what it was trying to say but I was able to understand. After looking at each stanza and dissecting what each one meant I gradually got a better understanding of it. I found the concepts brought up in it… Continue reading Elegy in a Country Churchyard – Donovan James
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Nicholas Cai – A Sentimental Donkey Journey
Right before diving into the relaxing embrace of Spring Break, I read the first volume of A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. What was notable in the travelogue was the narrator’s round character arc. In contrast to a flat character, a round character strives to grow and change throughout the course of a novel.… Continue reading Nicholas Cai – A Sentimental Donkey Journey
ELEGY Written in a country churchyard
But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne’er unroll;Chill Penury repress’d their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the… Continue reading ELEGY Written in a country churchyard
Yasmine: Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is quiet, but haunting. It doesn’t shout—it lingers. It begins at sunset, with the day fading and the living retreating, and shifts our gaze to the forgotten dead beneath the soil.These weren’t kings or poets. Just villagers. Farmers. People who lived, worked, loved—and then vanished into history… Continue reading Yasmine: Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Gisela Franco-Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” was a difficult to comprend. However, from the poem’s beginning, you can grasp the theme of death. He states, “For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, / Or busy housewife ply her evening care: / No children run to lisp their sire’s return, / Or… Continue reading Gisela Franco-Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Heaven Dejesus Elegy in a Country Churchyard
The poem, on the first read, feels a bit intimidating and difficult to read due to its language. However, I believe it works because it is a work of poetry and not something like a novel. If this were a novel instead, I believe that it would be almost a drag to get through due… Continue reading Heaven Dejesus Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Rebecca V – Elegy in a Country Churchyard
This text, although somewhat difficult to interpret at first, remains compelling in its major themes. These themes include class, death, and its inevitability. The speaker observes death under differing circumstances, and its ramifications, and even contemplates his own demise. It’s interesting to see how relevant and precise metaphor is used throughout the poem, although somewhat… Continue reading Rebecca V – Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Leo K – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” seems to build so many scenes of life at once, offering an almost dizzying look at aspects of living and of experiencing the world before death. The scenes change so rapidly in scale, the night, a herd in a wide field, the “plowman,” to the “droning” beetle,… Continue reading Leo K – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
sophias late work :)
David Hume’s “Of the Standard of Taste” (1760), found in the Harvard Classics 1909, talks about how we judge things like art and beauty. Hume says that everyone has their own opinion, but there are certain things that many people can agree are beautiful or well-made. He believes that with practice and experience, people can… Continue reading sophias late work 🙂
Erin Lee – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
In my opinion, “Elegy in a County Chruchyard” was quite difficult to read. There were times when I had to do a double take as to what the poet was attempting to say, but eventually, I deciphered some of the words. I compared the poet’s language to the accent of a pirate. I’m not sure… Continue reading Erin Lee – Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
