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 67
... echo . .. Had Gray written often thus it had been vain to blame , and useless to praise him . " 4 I Poetic Tradition One reason for this response was the contemporary aware- ness of the poetic tradition behind the " Elegy , " which Amy ...
... echo . .. Had Gray written often thus it had been vain to blame , and useless to praise him . " 4 I Poetic Tradition One reason for this response was the contemporary aware- ness of the poetic tradition behind the " Elegy , " which Amy ...
Page 82
... echo of Pindar , as Gray's note makes very clear : " Pindar styles his own poetry with its musical ac- companyments . . . . Æolian song , Æolian strings , the breath of the Æolian flute . The subject and simile , as usual with Pin- dar ...
... echo of Pindar , as Gray's note makes very clear : " Pindar styles his own poetry with its musical ac- companyments . . . . Æolian song , Æolian strings , the breath of the Æolian flute . The subject and simile , as usual with Pin- dar ...
Page 83
... echo of the poems of 1742 ( notably , of the Eton College ode ) , for it lists the ills in store for man . But here Gray says that the complaint is a “ fond " one — a foolish one , a deluded one — and he wishes to " justify the laws of ...
... echo of the poems of 1742 ( notably , of the Eton College ode ) , for it lists the ills in store for man . But here Gray says that the complaint is a “ fond " one — a foolish one , a deluded one — and he wishes to " justify the laws of ...
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