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- Dictionaryelegy/ˈɛlədʒi/
noun
- 1. (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
- 2. (in Greek and Latin verse) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius.
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An elegy is a poem or song expressing sorrow or lamentation, especially for one who is dead. Learn the difference between elegy and eulogy, see synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.
An elegy is a sad poem or song, especially remembering someone who has died or something in the past. Learn more about the literary form, its history, synonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, especially one mourning the loss of someone who died. Learn about the history, features, and types of elegies, and see examples from ancient and modern literature.
An elegy is a poem of lamentation, often written in the elegiac metre, for a dead person or a theme of human mortality. Learn about the different types and examples of elegies in classical and modern literature, from Theognis to Whitman.
Elegy presents every thing as lost and gone or absent and future. A famous example of elegy is Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750). Other languages. In French, perhaps the most famous elegy is Le Lac (1820) by Alphonse de Lamartine. In Germany, the most famous example is Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke (1922).
Elegy definition: a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.. See examples of ELEGY used in a sentence.
An elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead. Although a speech at a funeral is a eulogy, you might later compose an elegy to someone you have loved and lost to the grave.
