Question

What is the main theme in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

• A. Love
• B. Death
• C. Nature
• D. War

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Death

• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is written by Thomas Gray (1716-1771).

• Thomas Gray (1716-1771) is considered a transitional poet between the Neo-Classical and Romantic eras.

• Only 13 poems are published in his life time.

• He began seriously writing poems in 1742