Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
GPTKB entity
Statements (94)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:poetry
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| gptkbp:adaptations |
musical settings
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Thomas_Gray
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| gptkbp:contains |
reflections on life
reflections on death reflections on legacy reflections on the afterlife reflections on the common man |
| gptkbp:contains_song |
ABAB
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| gptkbp:critical_reception |
widely acclaimed
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| gptkbp:cultural_significance |
social commentary
reflection on rural life meditation on death |
| gptkbp:dedication |
gptkb:none
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| gptkbp:form |
lyric poem
stanzaic structure |
| gptkbp:genre |
elegy
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| gptkbp:has_units |
iambic pentameter
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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| gptkbp:influence |
gptkb:Victorian_literature
Romantic poetry modern poetry |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge gptkb:John_Keats |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkb:John_Milton |
| gptkbp:inspiration |
graveyard poets
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| gptkbp:inspired |
gptkb:memorials
gptkb:literary_criticism philosophical discourse funerary art later poets elegiac tradition graveyard poetry |
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:line |
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. |
| gptkbp:notable_quote |
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power. |
| gptkbp:notable_themes |
gptkb:social_class
gptkb:memory nature the passage of time anonymity the exploration of identity the inevitability of death the importance of legacy the significance of community the importance of compassion the beauty of nature the search for meaning the importance of remembrance the role of the poet the search for peace the connection to the past the significance of love the significance of memory the significance of nature the exploration of the afterlife the exploration of faith the exploration of human experience the exploration of hope the acceptance of fate the exploration of solitude the relationship between life and art the simplicity of rural life the contrast between life and death the universality of death the contemplation of existence the dignity of the dead the legacy of the forgotten the reflection on personal loss the reflection on societal values the significance of the graveyard the value of the common man |
| gptkbp:published |
1751
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| gptkbp:published_in |
gptkb:London
gptkb:The_Gentleman’s_Magazine |
| gptkbp:setting |
country churchyard
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| gptkbp:structure |
stanzas
quatrains |
| gptkbp:style |
lyrical
meditative |
| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:memory
mortality humility |
| gptkbp:translated_into |
multiple languages
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Thomas_Gray
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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