Question

The curfew tolls the knell of ......................

• A. midnight hour
• B. distant bell
• C. parting day
• D. evening sun

Answer 1

Answer:

C. parting day

• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard starts with "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day".

• Curfew: The bell that rang at the end of the day to signal people to put out their fires and go to bed.

• Knell: The bell that rang at funerals

• Parting day: The end of the day, such as dusk, twilight, or the dying day

• The poem's main theme is that death is the inevitable fate of humanity, regardless of wealth, power, or status.