Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray | Structure, Summary, Analysis

“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” was published in 1751. It is a contemplative thought-provoking poem written by Thomas Gray that he completed in 1750. It is an elegy that mourns the death of the people of the village who lie buried in a country churchyard. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is among the most important and influential elegies ever written, and among the most well-regarded poems written in 18th century England. In this poem, Thomas Gray didn’t talk about some rich famous person, rather he contemplated the lives and deaths of the lower-class farmers. They were insignificant and more humble compared to the people of the privileged sections of society. The tone of the poem is mournful, melancholic, and thoughtful. The poet says that after death, even the privileged lie under the earth in the same way the poor and ordinary people do. The poor died unsung, unhonored, and unwept. Had they been given the privilege, they would have achieved something with their talents that remained undiscovered. In the end, the poet says that one day the poet too will die and be buried in the same graveyard, and the epitaph that he wrote for himself would be inscribed on his tomb. It is the poem
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