… as Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard . Concepts > Feelings & Emotions Keywords Community Depression Poetry Salvation Solitude In almost every way, melancholy was always the very antithesis of sociability. The melancholy individual sought … 1729), p. 234. Melancholy and sociability, then, might on the face of it appear as having little in common, one seeking solitude and introspection, the other delighting in human company and all that promotes it. There are, however, … and Madness in Early Modern England (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). … Community … Depression … Poetry … Salvation … Solitude … Melancholy …