# Meek Newton — Poetry character guide

> Meek Newton in Poetry by Thomas Gray.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard

## Who they are

Isaac Newton, mentioned as a figure of contemplation.

## Relationships

### [Milton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/characters/milton)

_friendship_

Meek Newton and Milton share a bond of intellectual companionship, possibly as fellow poets or thinkers.

## In the story

### [Ode for Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/ode-for-music)

Bends from his state sublime, nods his hoary head, and listens to the rhyme.

### [Gray on Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/gray-on-himself)

Referenced indirectly as 'Squire,' one of the figures to whom Gray leaves church and state.

### [Impromptus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/impromptus)

Referenced in the parody epitaph.

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