Question

Choose the correct statements related to Thomas Gray's Elegy

1. Not a conventional part of the Classical genre of Theocritan elegy
2. Does not mourn an individual
3. mourn an individual
4. Contains thematic elements of the elegiac genre, especially mourning

• A. None of these
• B. All
• C. 2, 4
• D. 1, 2, 4

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 1, 2, 4

Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

• Not a conventional part of the Classical genre of Theocritan elegy

• Does not mourn an individual

• The use of "elegy" is related to the poem relying on the concept of lacrimae rerum, or disquiet regarding the human condition

• The poem lacks many standard features of the elegy: An invocation, mourners, flowers, and shepherds.

• Contains thematic elements of the elegiac genre, especially mourning