elegy English

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elegy Noun

— An elegy is a sad poem about death. This elegy on the death of is very moving. I couldn't read the elegy about Washington. It was old-fashioned and too long.

elegy

— noun (= lament) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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lament

dirge

funeral song

threnody

lamentation

sad tune

sad song

requiem

plaintive melody

mournful melody

lay

jeremiad