threnody

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He also begins dating a poetess known as Threnody, who is an expert in the arts of publicity.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2012

His grave is now marked by a rough rock of beautiful pink crystal-quartz, and his son Waldo lies close beside him, with no monument but the imperishable one of Threnody.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various

The only other elegy to which we may liken it is Emerson's "Threnody," written after the death of his little boy.

From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph

Emerson's Waldo, for whom Threnody was written was an especial favorite; then "Pickie," Mr. Greeley's beautiful boy, and now a new joy had come into her heart, a child of her own.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles

Lycidas, the Mrs. Anne Killigrew, the Intimations, and Emerson’s Threnody, considered merely for their versification, fulfil their laws so perfectly that they certainly move without checks as without haste. 

From The Rhythm of Life by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson