One source of controversy surrounding this poem is the use of the word 'thee' in the ninety-third line.
One source of controversy surrounding this poem is the use of the word 'thee' in the ninety-third line. Written in quatrains composed of decasyllabic lines, the poet speaks of a youth unknown to fame and fortune whom "Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, // And Melancholy mark'd him for her own." The more famous first quatrain tells of a "plowman homeward plods his weary way" as "the curfew tolls the knell of parting day." For 10 points-- name this famous Elegy written by Thomas Gray.
One source of controversy surrounding this poem is the use of the word 'thee' in the ninety-third line.
{“Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard”}