monody
/ˈmɑnədi/
noun
- A poem or song in which a single person expresses grief or lament; an elegy or dirge.
- Her monody captured the sorrow of losing a loved one in simple, moving words.
- In ancient Greece, a monody was often performed at funerals.
- The poet wrote a monody for his friend who had passed away.
- A musical composition for a single voice or instrument, especially in a simple, expressive style.
- The composer's monody for solo flute was hauntingly beautiful.
- Early opera grew out of the monody, with a single singer accompanied by chords.
- She performed a monody on the cello that felt like a conversation with the audience.
- A monotonous or unchanging sound or utterance.
- His voice droned on in a flat monody that put everyone to sleep.
- The rain became a steady monody against the windowpane.
- The cicadas' monody filled the hot summer afternoon.
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