Elegy

/ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/

Synonyms for "elegy" (100 found)

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Noun(5 words)
elegiac poemepitaphlamentationlamentationslaments
english sonnetepicepicediumepigramepithalamiumepodeepopeeepopoeiaeposeulogyfuneral marchfuneral orationfuneral songgeorgicghazelgraveside orationhaikuhoratian odeidyllitalian sonnet
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jinglekeenknelllimericklyric

Related words (50)

madrigalmonodymuffled drumsnarrative poemnursery rhymeodepalinodepassing bellpastoralpastoral elegypastorelapastourellepetrarchan sonnetpindaric odepoemprothalamiumrequiemrhymerondeaurondel
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roundelroundelaysapphic odesatiresestinashakespearean sonnetslokasongsonnetsonnet sequencetankatensotenzonethrenodethrenodytriolettroubadour poemverseverseletversiclevillanellevirelay
Noun(8 words)
melancholymelancholy pieceplangencypoem of mourningsolemnitysorrowthrenodiesthrenody

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artistic workliterary formliterary workmoodpoempoetrytoneverse form

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5 entries
elegiac coupletelegiac moodmonodypastoral elegyprose elegy

Collocations

6 entries
classical elegyelegiac toneelegy for the deadmodern elegypastoral elegypoem of mourning

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funeral elegy

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pastoral elegy

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solemn elegy

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He composed an elegy for his late friend.

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