Question

What major characteristic of romanticism is evident in the first 20 lines of the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? A.)an emphasis on individuality.. B.)an emphasis on nature. C.) an emphasis on imagination D.) an emphasis on spirituality

Answer 1

I think it would be an emphasis on imagination or nature

Answer 2

The right answer is B: An emphasis on nature. The first lines of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," which Thomas Gray (1716–1771) published in 1751 with a slightly different name, make several references to nature: the glimmering landscape, the moping owl, the ivy-mantled tower, the rugged elms, and so on. The glorification of nature was, indeed, a dominant theme in Romantic poetry (and in Romanticism in general), since Romantic artists reacted against the academic, scientific, and rational world of the Enlightenment and embraced an individual and very intimate connection with the beauty of nature, but also with its unexpected and uncontrollable essence.