A Brief Annotation of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' of Thomas Gray

by M VENKATARAMAN

Overview

This poem of Thomas Gray titled "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"  is one of the beautiful poems in English literature. The poet sees a country churchyard at sunset, which impels him to meditate on the nature of human mortality. He considers the fact that in death, there is no difference between great and common people. He feels that among the lowly people buried in the churchyard there might have been some natural poets like John Milton or politicians like Oliver Cromwell.  Just like some rarest gems buried in the deep sea and the finest flowers spreading their fragrance in a forest, these great people might not have been discovered at all. This thought leads him to praise these dead unsophisticated poor villagers for the honest and simple lives that they lived.

The poem has been presented along with a brief annotation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940167001459
Publisher:	M. VENKATARAMAN
Publication date:	03/11/2023
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	268 KB

About the Author

The Author, Venkataraman. M, hails from Tamilnadu state in India. He worked in various Ministries and Departments of the Central Secretariat, New Delhi on a wide range of subjects, which include matters relating to Public Administration, Recruitment procedures, Preparation of reports and Personnel management.

He retired as Deputy Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi in 2004 after putting in more than 35 years of service in the Government of India.