Read the excerpt. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own In this verse from "The Epitaph" in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray, how is the life of the speaker measured? by the high social status by his humility by his fame by the misery he caused

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Read the excerpt. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own In this verse from "The Epitaph" in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray, how is the life of the speaker measured? by the high social status by his humility by his fame by the misery he caused

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Emery Combs · Answer 1

By his fame.

Explanation:

The speaker starts their text by presenting the life of a character, which is destined for "Fortune and to Fame unknown", meaning that's the medium from which the quality of the character's life in the future will be measured.

The mention of science is used to describe the character's birth as a natural occurrence, and melancholy represents the distrust of the speaker about the quality of this new life.

Eddie Watts · Answer 2

The life of the speaker is measured by fame and fortune.