Question

Which of Arnold's elegies was written in memory of his friend, the poet Arthur Hugh Clough?

• A. Dover Beach
• B. Thyrsis
• C. The Scholar-Gipsy
• D. Rugby Chapel

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Thyrsis

'Thyrsis' is a pastoral elegy in which Arnold reflects on the death of Arthur Hugh Clough and laments the loss of youthful idealism and intellectual companionship, set against the backdrop of the Oxfordshire countryside.