7. Why are the pansy, primrose, jessamine, violet, etc., used as emblems of mourning?
8. Tennyson's "In Memoriam," XII, 47; Shelley's "Adonais," XI, 95; and Gray's "Elegy," VI, 106, are all laments of the same nature. Compare the four in style, mood, etc.
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