Eulogies
EulogiesAn elegy is a poem that reflects upon death. It is a very good way for people to
release stress. It makes others think. An elegy to some people, is very depressing to
read. Most of thge time it tells the truth about a side of a persons life, that no one
knows about. An elegy could be a real breath taker, if taken the right way.
There are many well known elegy authors. One of them is Thomas Gray. Gray
wrote the elegy “Written in a Country Churchyard.”In Gray’s poem, he compares the
life of a human with a day. The morning would be the person when they were young.
High noon would be around middle age. The evening would be when they are
elderly. For the obsticles people have to go through in their life, he puts in wind, rain,
and so on to reflect upon the difficult tasks one faces.
Thomas Gray wrote another poem called “The curse upon Edward.” In this
poem, Gray does not compare and contrast. He talks about death up front. He says
that “The shrieks of death, thro’ Berkley’s roof that ring.”(Gray. 821) Gray has a way of
writing lines in difficult ways, that you could have used six words to explain the
sentence. In his last poem “The Progress of Poesy,” Gray has a different way of
explaining his point of view. In this particular poem he pertains to life as a drink. He
wants the reader to get a mental picture of a human , drinking life like a glass of tea.
Grays point, is the a person has total control of what they do, and what a person does
not do. If one makes a mistake, just shake it off and start over again.
Two other well known elegy authors, are Burton Raffel, and Charles W....
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