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Definition of Elegy

Elegy
Elegy 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.

Meaning of Elegy from wikipedia

- An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy...
- Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the...
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and...
- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown, but it...
- Look up elegy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An elegy is a poem of mourning. Elegy, Elegie, or Elegies may also refer to: Élégie, a painting by William-Adolphe...
- Monuments to an Elegy is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, released on December 9, 2014 on Martha's Music...
- Elegies (エレジーズ, erejiizu) is the ****o! Project 2005 shuffle group consisting of Ai Takahashi and Reina Tanaka of Morning Musume, along with Melon Kinenbi's...
- The pastoral elegy is a poem about both death and idyllic rural life. Often, the pastoral elegy features shepherds. The genre is actually a subgroup of...
- Elegy for Iris is a 1999 memoir by John Bayley. In it, he recounts his forty-two year marriage to fellow author Iris Murdoch and her struggles with Alzheimer's...
- Elegy is a 2008 American romantic drama film directed by Isabel Coixet from a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer, based on the 2001 novel The Dying Animal by...