elegy

  • 61elegy — /ˈɛlədʒi / (say eluhjee) noun (plural elegies) 1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead, as Milton s Lycidas. 2. poetry or a poem written in elegiac metre. 3. a sad or funeral composition,… …

  • 62elegy — [16] Greek élegos originally signified simply ‘song’ (Aristophanes, for example, used it for the song of a nightingale in his play Birds). It is not clear where it came from, although it has been speculated that the Greeks may have borrowed it… …

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  • 63elegy — n. (pl. ies) 1 a song of lament, esp. for the dead (sometimes vaguely used of other poems). 2 a poem in elegiac metre. Etymology: F eacuteleacutegie or L elegia f. Gk elegeia f. elegos mournful poem …

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  • 64Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard — a poem (1750) by Thomas Gray. * * * …

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  • 65elegy, eulogy —    The first is a mournful poem; the second is a tribute to the dead …

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  • 66elegy, eulogy —    The first is a mournful poem; the second is a tribute to the dead …

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  • 67Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard — a poem (1750) by Thomas Gray …

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  • 68Moscow Elegy — DVD cover Directed by Alexander Sokurov Written by Alexander Sokurov …

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  • 69Fighting Elegy — Infobox Film name = Fighting Elegy caption = director = Seijun Suzuki producer = Kazu Otsuka writer = Kaneto Shindō Takashi Suzuki (novel) starring = Hideki Takahashi Junko Asano Yusuki Kawazu music = Naozumi Yamamoto cinematography = Kenji… …

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  • 70Osaka Elegy — 1936 Japanese movie poster Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Produced by …

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