Elegy

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

"funeral elegy; pastoral elegy; solemn elegy; He composed an elegy for his late friend."

2.NounA composition of mournful character.

3.NounA classical poem written in elegiac meter

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