Tom wrote an elegiac couplet in Latin about Mary.
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Elegiac
/ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/
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6 entrieselegiac coupletelegiac poemelegiac stanzalamenting imagerynostalgic tonesomber diction
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6 entrieselegiac coupletelegiac memoryelegiac moodelegiac poetryelegiac stanzaelegiac tone
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the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
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Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?
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And elegiac griefs, and songs of love,
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