elegy
/ˈɛlədʒi/
noun
- A sad poem or song, often written to mourn someone who has died.
- Many students studied the famous elegy 'In Memoriam' by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
- The poet wrote an elegy for her grandmother that was read at the funeral.
- The musician composed an elegy to honor the victims of the disaster.
- A piece of writing or speech expressing sadness or regret about something lost or past.
- Her article was an elegy for the golden age of print journalism.
- The novel serves as an elegy for a vanishing way of life in the countryside.
- His farewell speech was an elegy for the old neighborhood that would soon be demolished.