Question

Summary of the poem elegy written in a country churchyard

Answer 1

Summary. Thomas Gray probably began “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” about 1746. It was originally a somewhat shorter poem than the version he published in 1751, and some have speculated that the poem may have been occasioned by an actual death, perhaps that of Gray's friend Richard West in 1742.

Answer 2

This  poem is composed  by  'Thomas  Gray'.The poet  is standing in a country churchyard, where he hears the  church bells  announcing the end of a day and  his  reminds him of  funeral bells. He mourns the death of the  village people, who lie buried in their small graves all around the churchyard. They had  no ambitions in life and  lead  a  simple  life. They remained unknown and  unrecognised. The poet concludes that  nothing in life  is  everlasting. Death is  sure  come to everyone sooner  or later. Wealth, exalted  birth, power  and  beauty, all lead  to the one  and  the only  one  end  called  death. Thus running after  materialistic things is  useless. Death is  the  end  of all greatness, beauty and wealth.