One source of controversy surrounding this poem is the use of the word 'the
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”}