elegy

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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

"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

Released in 1976, less than a year after the ship’s sinking, his folk ballad became an instant hit, turning a regional disaster into an international elegy.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

Linklater’s movies have frequently featured affable underdogs, but by contrast, “Blue Moon” is an elegy to a bitter, insecure man whose view of himself as a failure has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Word spread quickly on the street that a small elegy of scythes had entered the Tonist cloister.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman