Thomas Gray, Volume 6I have two main aims in view 1) to give the reader as much information about Thomas Gray, his poetry and his age as he will need for enjoyment of the poetry; and 2) to examine all of the poems freshly as works of literature. |
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Page 49
... completed poems , an extraordinary burst of productivity for him . The first , " Noontide , " which was later renamed " Ode on the Spring , " he finished in May and sent to Richard West . The letter con- taining it was returned to him ...
... completed poems , an extraordinary burst of productivity for him . The first , " Noontide , " which was later renamed " Ode on the Spring , " he finished in May and sent to Richard West . The letter con- taining it was returned to him ...
Page 73
... completed Elegy , the Spokesman is relegated to the posi- tion of the anonymous elegist whom the ' uncouth Swain ' in Lycidas momentarily invokes , and the central position is oc- cupied by the village Stonecutter who mourns ' th ...
... completed Elegy , the Spokesman is relegated to the posi- tion of the anonymous elegist whom the ' uncouth Swain ' in Lycidas momentarily invokes , and the central position is oc- cupied by the village Stonecutter who mourns ' th ...
Page 119
... completed " The Alliance , " he answered that he could not undertake the labor of polishing every part of a long poem as he was accustomed to do in his shorter lyrics . Furthermore , he did not want to produce the weak parts which were ...
... completed " The Alliance , " he answered that he could not undertake the labor of polishing every part of a long poem as he was accustomed to do in his shorter lyrics . Furthermore , he did not want to produce the weak parts which were ...
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