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Noun: elegy  e-lu-jee
  1. A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
    "Tennyson's 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' is a famous elegy for his friend";
    - lament

Derived forms: elegies

Type of: poem, verse form

Encyclopedia: Elegy