elegy

elegy
noun (plural -gies) Etymology: Latin elegia poem in elegiac couplets, from Greek elegeia, elegeion, from elegos song of mourning Date: 1501 1. a poem in elegiac couplets 2. a. a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead b. something (as a speech) resembling such a song or poem 3. a. a pensive or reflective poem that is usually nostalgic or melancholy b. a short pensive musical composition

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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