Thomas Gray has sometimes been classified as a pre-Romantic writer. Romantic writers valued emotional experience over logical arguments, nature and common people over organized society, and imagination over reason. What evidence from “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” supports Gray’s classification as a pre-Romantic?
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The poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" includes a number of characteristics of the Romantic movement.
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- The poet talks about scenery present in nature and the countryside.
- He creates a link between his thoughts and the natural beauty present around him.
- The poet includes the personal reflection of his thoughts as opposed to rational thoughts that he uses in real life.
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