Must have(s): a clear thesis statement and detailed supporting arguments. quote extensively from the text(s) to support the central argument, integrate quoted materal into your own sentences. must have at least TWO peer-reviewed secondary sources for this essay.
Topic:
Both Oliver Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village” and Thomas Grays “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” are concerned with the socioeconomic position of Britain’s yeomanry the rural labouring class. How is this class portrayed in each poem and how are they contrasted with the upper classes? what are these poems communicating regarding the position within and importance of Britain’s laboring classes to the nation?
