Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Elegy
elegy, n. [Fr. < L. < Gk 'a mournful poem'.]
- Lamentation; sorrowful song; [fig.] sorrow.
- Funeral song; lament for the dead.
- Lyric poem; ancient poetic form; [fig.] bird song.
- Music; [fig.] insect drone.
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