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Word: Elegy
Speech Type: Noun
early 16th century: from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’
ˈɛlədʒi
(in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Short Definition:(in modern literature) poem of serious reflection
(in Greek and Latin verse) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.
Short Definition:(in Greek and Latin verse) poem written in elegiac couplets, as
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