The Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:poetry
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| gptkbp:adaptations |
musical settings
dramatic readings |
| gptkbp:artistic_vision |
gptkb:death
nature rural life |
| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Thomas_Gray
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| gptkbp:critical_reception |
widely acclaimed
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| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
influenced later poets
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| gptkbp:dedication |
to the memory of the dead
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| gptkbp:form |
lyric poem
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| gptkbp:genre |
elegy
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| gptkbp:has_units |
iambic pentameter
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
18th century England
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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| gptkbp:influence |
Romantic poetry
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| gptkbp:influence_on |
modern poetry
Victorian poets |
| gptkbp:inspiration |
graveyard poets
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:line |
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
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| gptkbp:literary_devices |
gptkb:metaphor
gptkb:personification symbolism alliteration |
| gptkbp:notable_quote |
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
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| gptkbp:notable_themes |
the passage of time
the exploration of identity the value of humble lives the inevitability of death the beauty of nature the search for meaning the role of the poet the search for peace the relationship between man and nature the connection to the past the importance of memory the significance of place the dignity of the poor the contemplation of fate the contrast between life and death the legacy of the dead the reflection on life the universality of death |
| gptkbp:published |
1751
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| gptkbp:published_in |
gptkb:The_Gentleman’s_Magazine
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| gptkbp:setting |
country churchyard
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| gptkbp:structure |
stanzas
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| gptkbp:style |
meditative
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| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:social_class
mortality |
| 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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