In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", Gray compares the dead of the little village to famous leaders and poets in order<em> to emphasize the importance of every person.</em> Gray wants to highlight that any person can become famous, and that in the end fame is not important as common people, poets and leaders will end up in the same place with the inexorable death.
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a poem written by English poet that was first published in 1751.
In “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” Gray compares the dead of the little village to famous leaders and poets in order to emphasize <span>the importance of every person</span>