Charlotte Smith: “Written in the church-yard at Middleton in Sussex”

For this answer you should provide two very specific pieces of evidence in the form of quotations. Be specific in your discussion and analysis of the text. When using quotation, provide line numbers for poetry and volume/chapters for novels, page numbers for short story.

Your evidence should come from different places in the text to show that you read the whole thing and to demonstrate that your argument applies to the whole text and not just one small part.
You should follow your evidence with explanation that clearly shows why that evidence proves your point.

Question

1. What is the turn at the end of Smith’s poem and what is so surprising about it? Describe one place earlier in the poem that helps to set up the conflict between nature and people, and then show how that earlier passage is different than the last few lines, thus setting up the surprising turn.

Required reading
Charlotte Smith: Written in the church-yard at Middleton in Sussex

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