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Thomas Gray (wrote (odes, The bard, the progress of Poesy), Born in…
Thomas Gray
wrote
odes
The bard
the progress of Poesy
Born in Cornhill, London
educated at Eton were met
Horace Walpole (son prime minister)
together toured France and Italy
Gray returned to England
settled down in Cambridge
Walpole
helped to publish
Elegy written in a Country Churchyard
He rejected neoclassic tradition
Characteristic themes were
interest in primitive culture
interest in country life and humble people
use of 1 pers. sing. to express emotions.
Everyday language
cannot be the language of poetry