Elegy

The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy: Summary

The Darkling Thrush: About the poem Published in December 1900, at the end of the 19th century, ‘The Darkling Thrush’ symbolically mourns the passing of an era. In that respect, it is an elegy — a mournful poem that deals with death — here, the death of the century. As a matter of fact, the poem was originally …

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Crossing the Bar by Alfred Tennyson: Summary

Study Notes / Elegy, Lord Alfred Tennyson

Crossing the Bar: About the poem Crossing the Bar, an elegy written by the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is a poem focusing on the transience of life and the finality of death. Lord Tennyson was a poet of the Victorian period and remained the poet laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during his lifetime. …

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