thomas gray

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Definition of thomas gray in English English dictionary

an English poet whose best-known work, Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, is usually called Gray's Elegy (1716-71). born Dec. 26, 1716, London, Eng. died July 30, 1771, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British poet. He studied and later settled at Cambridge, where he wrote poems of wistful melancholy filled with truisms phrased in striking, quotable lines. Though his output was small, he became the dominant poetic figure in his day. He is remembered especially for "An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" (1751), one of the best known of English lyric poems and the greatest work of the English "graveyard school." After its overwhelming success, his next two poems met a disappointing response, and he virtually ceased writing

Hyphenation

Thom·as gray

Turkish pronunciation

tämıs grey

Pronunciation

/ˈtäməs ˈgrā/ /ˈtɑːməs ˈɡreɪ/