Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College

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lyric poem poem

"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" is an 18th-century lyric poem by Thomas Gray that nostalgically reflects on youth and the inevitable suffering that comes with adult experience.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Thomas Gray ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
famousLine Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1747 ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium The Magazine of Magazines ⓘ
form lyric ⓘ
genre ode ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn English elegiac poetry ⓘ
sentimental literature ⓘ
hasSubject childhood ⓘ
fate ⓘ
school life ⓘ
includedIn collections of English poetry ⓘ
inspiredBy Gray's memories of Eton College ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lineCount approximately 140 lines ⓘ
literaryDevice allusion ⓘ
apostrophe ⓘ
contrast ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
personification ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th century ⓘ
locationOfComposition England ⓘ
meter irregular Pindaric ode ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College self-link ⓘ
partOf Thomas Gray's poetic works ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
setting Eton College ⓘ
Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
speaker adult observer ⓘ
stanzaForm irregular stanzas ⓘ
studiedIn English literature courses ⓘ
subjectMatter contemplation of schoolboys at Eton ⓘ
contrast between youthful joy and future woes ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
theme education ⓘ
inevitability of suffering ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ
memory ⓘ
nostalgia for youth ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
tone melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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Thomas Gray → notableWork → Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ⓘ
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College → originalLanguageTitle → Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College self-link ⓘ