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ALL meanings of elegy

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  • noun elegy A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. 1
  • noun elegy funeral lament 1
  • noun elegy melancholy poem 1
  • countable noun elegy An elegy is a sad poem, often about someone who has died. 0
  • noun elegy a mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead 0
  • noun elegy poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas 0
  • noun elegy any poem in elegiac verse 0
  • noun elegy a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley's “Adonais” 0
  • noun elegy any poem, song, etc. in a mournfully contemplative tone 0
  • noun elegy A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. 0
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