Elegy

Grit, persistence, and resilience are three things everyone needs to have in order to live to their highest potential as a person. In the book “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance, he tells a story about his rough hillbilly lifestyle, from almost dropping out of high school to his parents having drug problems to graduating college at The Ohio State University. All his endeavors have truly defined him as a person and led to him redefining the hillbilly lifestyle. Throughout the book, J.D. experiences…

Past, Present and Future An elegy is a poem written in memory of someone or something that usually ends with consolation. Adam Vines’s “Lures” is an elegy that not only adapts to the traditional concept, but adds a modern spin to its form. The speaker is mourning the death of a childhood friend by reminiscing on past memories. Within the poem there are drifts from past to present and future to separate how the speaker feels about each part of his life without his friend in reference to time.…

Another reason “Elegy for a Dead Soldier” was a popular poem was Shapiro’s use of personification of certain abstracts, In his poem when he talks about loss it “points at nothing,” and doubt seems to “Flirt” (Elegy…

and one of those works was The Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The Elegy is one of the finest pieces of literature produced during the 18th century. Gray spent a good portion of his life working on the Elegy and “Perhaps as early as 1742, but more likely around 1745, Gray embarked on a long meditative elegy in the tradition of the Retirement Poem” (Huber 9). The English country side was a very popular subject to write about during Gray’s time and so the Elegy followed the trend set by…

the emotional curve is about a father mourning for the death of his son this poem is an elegy. Most elegies follow the emotional pattern of deep mourning for the dead—possibly a few praises about their life and how they lived—then ends with some kind of solace or acceptance that the deceased is gone. However, Harper does not completely follow this pattern instead he deviates from the traditional pattern of an elegy. Vendler…

Poems which express feelings of mourning and lament are known as elegies. In these poems, the speaker usually speaks of all they have lost. The poem “The Wife’s Lament” is an elegiac poem because of the character’s circumstance and the tone of the poem. The wife’s painful circumstances in “The Wife’s Lament” is a trait found within all elegiac poems. Towards the very beginning of the poem, the wife starts telling the story of why she is now in exile alone. It appears that she was peace-weaver…

its Significance in the Works of Shakespeare and A. E. Housman “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A. E. Housman, and “Fear no More the Heat o’ the Sun” by Shakespeare are elegies for youth who died prematurely. Through different versification, these two poems carry unique tones and attitudes. Both Shakespeare and Housman create elegies that soothe the pain of death, but they use different logic to justify their reasoning. Shakespeare juxtaposes extremes to argue that death is apathetic to the…

Life is a mixed blessing. We rejoice in the good moments, and curse the bad moments. “Advice to My Son” by Peter Meinke and “Elegy for My Father, Who is Not Dead” by Andrew Hudgins explores the beauty of life and the doubt of a cheery ultimate goodbye. Meinke and Hudgins explore the themes of life and death by means of different perspectives. Through opinions of father to son or son to father, the image of life and death are portrayed. The secret to life may be more difficult than one…

Poems emphasise and characterize important morals, figures, items which, Robert Kroetsch reveals this through two of his honourably poems. “Stone Hammer Poem” and “Elegy for the Wong Toy” both developed by Robert Kroetsch exhibit the valued meaning of an important figure and object to reveal the arguments of the author. This is done by emphasizing the survival of humanity through the needs of the object, the importance of literary devices, and by revolving around the life and past experiences of…

starts with the conversation between the puppet master and his doll. The man complains about the “behavior” of his main actress and calls her grievances unfounded. “There are people in this country who have lived a life less fortunate than a doll” (“Elegy for the Fifth String” 24). The puppet master gave an example of a boy who was severely punished by his father because of a missed sheep. Following scenes makes readers to suggest that it was an own experience of the performer. The monodrama…