Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:poetry
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Thomas_Gray
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| gptkbp:firstPublished |
gptkb:The_Magazine_of_Magazines
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| gptkbp:form |
lyric poem
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| gptkbp:genre |
elegy
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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| gptkbp:influenced |
English Romantic poetry
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| gptkbp:inspiredBy |
gptkb:Stoke_Poges_churchyard
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:length |
32 stanzas
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| gptkbp:measures |
iambic pentameter
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave. And waste its sweetness on the desert air. |
| gptkbp:publicationDate |
1751
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| gptkbp:recognizedBy |
one of the most famous elegies in English literature
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| gptkbp:rhymeScheme |
ABAB
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| gptkbp:setting |
English country churchyard
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| gptkbp:subject |
death
mortality rural life |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Robert_Dodsley
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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