4 Questions
Who wrote the elegy 'Adonais'?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Which elegy mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln?
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd - Walt Whitman
Which poet wrote the elegy 'In Memoriam'?
Tennyson
Who wrote the elegy 'Elegy written in the Country Churchyard'?
Thomas Gray
Study Notes
Elegies and Their Authors
- Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the elegy 'Adonais'.
- Walt Whitman's elegy 'O Captain! My Captain!' mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote the elegy 'In Memoriam'.
- Thomas Gray wrote the elegy 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'.
Test your knowledge of famous elegies with this quiz! From Shelley's "Adonais" to W.H. Auden's "In Memory of W.B. Yeats," see how many of these poignant poems you can match with their respective subjects and authors.
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