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Elegy, originally, in classical Greek and Roman literature, a poem composed of distichs, or couplets. Classical elegies addressed various subjects,...

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Absence: He is not here; but far away The noise of…, Bereavement: I knew nothing of your murder Till your…, Death And Dying: Autumn is desolation...

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

English poet and scholar Thomas Gray’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” has been a favorite since English novelist Horace Walpole first published it...

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- mournful poem: a mournful or reflective poem
- poem in elegiac couplets or stanzas: a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas
- musical lament for dead person: an instrumental piece, or setting for a song, composed as a lament for somebody who has died

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	Windows Live® Search Results Elegy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term "elegy" was originally used for a type of poetic metre (Elegiac metre), but is also used for a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegos, a reflection on the death of ... Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Poetic Form: Elegy A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion elegy - Definitions from Dictionary.com Definitions of elegy at Dictionary.com. ... 1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead. See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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