Meaning of ELEGY
| Pronunciation: | | 'elijee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a mournful poem; a lament for the dead |
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| | Synonyms: | | lament |
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| | See Also: | | poem, verse form | |
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| | Definition: | | Elegy
Levis died before finishing up his final book, leaving the editorial task to his teacher, the poet Philip Levine. Centered on a series of haunting poems, all of which reference elegy in their titles, this collection confirms Levis as a singular and much-needed voice in the poetic choir. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \El"e*gy\, n.; pl. {Elegies}. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem.
sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac
verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.]
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of
lamentation. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | alba, anacreontic, balada, ballad, ballade, bucolic, canso, chanson, clerihew, coronach, dead march, death knell, death song, dirge, dithyramb, eclogue, English sonnet, epic, epicedium, epigram, epithalamium, epode, epopee, epopoeia, epos, eulogy, funeral march, funeral oration, funeral song, georgic, ghazel, graveside oration, haiku, Horatian ode, idyll, Italian sonnet, jingle, keen, knell, limerick, lyric, madrigal, monody, muffled drums, narrative poem, nursery rhyme, ode, palinode, passing bell, pastoral, pastoral elegy, pastorela, pastourelle, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, poem, prothalamium, requiem, rhyme, rondeau, rondel, roundel, roundelay, Sapphic ode, satire, sestina, Shakespearean sonnet, sloka, song, sonnet, sonnet sequence, tanka, tenso, tenzone, threnode, threnody, triolet, troubadour poem, verse, verselet, versicle, villanelle, virelay |
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