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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

nimishaham — 2021-03-14 07:13:12 UTC

In his poem, Gray's speaker juxtaposes his own words with those of the rustic and uneducated. By doing so, he demonstrates how his outlook as an outsider is what enables the honoring of the deceased countrymen he eulogizes.
HOW DOES THE OUTLOOK HONOR THE DECEASED?
THESIS HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE PLACE IN YOUR THESIS FOR THE SPEAKER'S PERSPECTIVE- HOW DOES THIS JUXTAPOSE? DIFFERENT VERB?

"Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,

Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;

Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile

The short and simple annals of the poor." (29-32)

"For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead

Dost in these lines their artless tale relate" (93-94)

> last quotation is of a sample rustic person "swain"

"One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill,

Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree" (109-110

"ThIS Lime-Tree BOWER My Prison"

hindabuarisha — 2021-03-14 07:37:40 UTC

Although most of Coleridge's poem is about the walk in nature that the speaker doesn’t get to experience, what stays with the reader is his own confinement to home and how he seems to regret and mourn this fact. By the end of the poem, however, although the bower he is limited to is microscopic, and his title gives it a negative value, the speaker’s grand visual imagery shows the imagination's ability to invoke nature's beauty even in a confined location.

line numbers are starting from line 1 of the poem until the end, not the start of a new stanza
(line 45) (lines 123-239)

Quotations:

1- [Charles] “Hungered after nature many a year in the great city pent" (2.10)

2- "Keeps the heart awake to love and beauty" (3.21-2) < slash needed: /

3- "This little lime-tree bower, have I not mark'd /Much that has sooth'd me. Pale beneath the blaze /Hung the transparent foliage; and I watch'd /Some broad and sunny leaf, and lov'd to see /The shadow of the leaf and stem above /Dappling its sunshine! And that walnut-tree /Was richly ting'd, and a deep radiance lay" (3.4-10)

The poem “The Elegy In A Country Churchyard” vicariously depicts the concept of death. The speaker brings it up as an inevitable experience that everyone is bound to walk down its lane. With that being said, it can also be interpreted as a motivating and a positive push for people to make the most of their fleeting vacation in the living world. < THIS IS ONE IDEA. In the last stanza the speaker also says “some mute inglorious Milton here may rest some Cromwell guiltless of his country’s blood”, Meaning had those poor, unfortunate people lived the lives of the rich, their experience on earth would’ve been different. However, the only thing that differentiates the rich form the poor isn’t only the amount of money they have, but rather the mindset. Life can be looked at as a one way ticket to an unknown destination, death is our tour guide, it is up to everyone whether to go and explore the area before take off, or stay in the same spot and miss out on new experiences.
2021-03-14 09:16:29 UTC

CAN WE CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES?

HOW DOES GRAY SUGGEST THAT WE APPRECIATE THOSE WHO WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF?

HOW DOES MENTIONING THE SAD LIVES OF THESE SIMPLE PEOPLE MAKE THEM MEMORABLE?

WE NEED DIVERSITY IN SOCIETY AND TO HONOR THAT DIVERSITY -- QUALITY IS IMPORTANT. DIFFERENT (LOWER) SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES DOES NOT MEAN SOMEONE IS NECESSARILY LESS IMPORTANT HISTORICALLY

Sireeen

Basma: In the poem "This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one can notice the speaker's change of tone from a pessimistic to a happier one. The main contribution to this shift is the introduction of his friend Charles Lamb within the poem, whose presence begins his vicarious experience of enjoying the richness of nature. Through imagination and visualization, the speaker manages to feel what his friends are feeling on their journey. He then manages to savor nature's beauty in all its colors, blooming flowers, and even his own home-bound captivity. < WHAT ORDER OF IDEAS ABOUT VICARIOUS EXPERIENCE IS PRESENT IN THE POEM AND WHY IS THAT ORDER SIGNIFICANT? OR IS YOUR FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE?

2021-03-14 09:50:11 UTC

Quotations:
"I have lost/ Beauties and feelings" (2-3)

"Unsunn'd and damp, whose few poor yellow leaves/ Ne'er tremble in the gale" (14-15).

. "Ye purple heath-flowers! richlier burn, ye clouds! / Live in the yellow light, ye distant groves!" (35-36).