Question

This excerpt from Thomas Gray’s “An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” expresses the praise stage of an elegy. What does it praise?

Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke;
How jocund did they drive their team afield!
How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!

Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,
The short and simple annals of the poor.

Answer 1

Answer: The exaltation to death.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gray's literary work is not voluminous but the good quality of his writings makes up for it. The Elegy is the most popular and perhaps the best of his works. It is linked to the stream of tomb poetry, inaugurated by Edward Young, an influence that is also found in Pindaric odes: The progress of poetry, The bard, the prophetic ode, and others.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is C " the hardworking nature and humility of country folk."

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