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elegy

[el-i-jee] / ˈɛl ɪ dʒi /


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His violent depression and tortured recovery became the subject of “In Memoriam,” a book-length elegy to Hallam.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Threaded with fiddle, piano and lead vocal by his son Jaime, “Nashville Skyline” is an elegy for Nashville’s rapacious gentrification as well as a love lost to time.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2026

“Bread of Angels” is also an elegy, not just for lost loved ones but for times, places and even physical things.

From Salon Nov. 11, 2025

"She was at death's door, and she knew I could write, so she asked me to write her an elegy if the worst came to the worst."

From BBC Nov. 10, 2025

Bendix: “It was English. Mrs. Nally never cares if you’re late. Seriously, ask her. We were doing the metaphysical poets. Would you be in a rush to get yourself some pastoral elegy of John Donne?”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

But amid the elegies written about American capitalism, the latest mini-IPO boom is a welcome tribute to the dynamism of U.S. markets that no other country can match.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

"But I felt as if I were writing elegies, actually."

From BBC Oct. 13, 2023

The participants, mostly wearing black clothes, beat their chests and recited elegies in the commercial heart of Srinagar.

From Washington Times Jul. 27, 2023

Some of the most interesting lyrics of the school are elegies upon his death.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds




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