threnody

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Of course, “the unspeakable horror of the literary life” — to borrow Mr. Earbrass’s phrase from Edward Gorey’s “The Unstrung Harp” — is a familiar threnody in the writing biz.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

A threnody for strings, rich in aching suspensions, appears twice, first to lament the deaths of millions and later to mark a more personal loss.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2016

After a savage climax, a slow, occasionally discursive string threnody takes over, during which the brass intrusions gradually lose some ferocity and the music moves towards a tentative nobility.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2012

Eliot and describes this theme as "the larger threnody lamenting the death of criticism."

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2010

Their voices blended into a threnody of nostalgia about pain.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison