Tomas Gray
1. His masterpiece, “ Elegy in a Country Churchyard” was published in 1751, the poem once and for all established his fame as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day especially” the Graveyard School”
2. In his poem, Gray reflects on death, the sorrow of life and the mysteries of human life with a touch of his Personal Melancholy.
3. His poem, as a whole are mostly devoted to a sentimental lamentation or mediation on life, past and present. His poems are characterized by an exquisite sense of form. His style is sophisticated and allusive. His poem are often marked with the trait of a highly artificial diction and a distorted word order.
A. 主要作品
a. His masterpiece, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
b. The poem established his fame as the leader of the sentimental poetry of the day, His other poems include “Ode on the Spring”, “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College”, “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat” and “Hymn to Adversity”
B. 诗歌风格
a. Gray wrote slowly and carefully, painstakingly seeking perfection of form and phrase.
b. His poems are characterized by an exquisite sense of form.
c. His style is sophisticated and allusive.
d. His poems are often marked with the trait of a highly artificial diction and a distorted word order.
