English 12
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Gray: Analyzing Theme Worksheet
Directions: As you analyze the various sections of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, fill out the chart below.
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What is the basic topic of each section? |
What significant textual details – images, figurative language, allusions – help develop Gray’s main point in each section? |
What major theme, if any, does Gray develop in each section? |
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Lines 1-16 |
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Lines 17-28 |
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Lines 29-44 |
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Lines 45-72 |
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Lines 73-92 |
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Lines 93-116 |
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Lines 117-128 |
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Sound Devices: Write an example of each of the following sound devices:
Alliteration -
Assonance -
Consonance -
What affect do you think the long vowel sounds s and z achieve in the poem?
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