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Meanings of elegy in inglês

russo
элегия
português
elegias
espanhol
elegias
catalão
poetes elegíacs

Literary genre.

        Related terms
        elegias
        português
        lamento
        catalão
        elegia
        espanhol
        elegía

        A mournful poem; a lament for the dead.

              lamento
              Sinônimos
              Examples for "marsiya"
              Examples for "marsiya"
              1
              In the centre, on a slightly raised platform a band of singers chant the Marsiya, an elegiac poem in honour of the martyred Husain.
              The Faith of Islam

              An instrumental piece, lamenting the loss of someone deceased.

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                    MCY-001573.

                          Usage of elegy in inglês
                          1
                          In his elegy upon Marathon he carried away the prize from Æschylus.
                          Mosaics of Grecian History
                          2
                          The second movement was an elegy on the death of a child.
                          Jean-Christophe Journey's End
                          3
                          The song passed gradually into an elegy, plaintive and full of pain.
                          Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
                          4
                          The first poem he completed in America was an elegy for W.B.
                          The new yorker
                          5
                          Now this stirring elegy will be premiered at the Galway Arts Festival.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          They are parted, she, woman-like, dies, and he, man-like, sings an elegy.
                          The Book of Delight and Other Papers
                          7
                          M. Cremazie's elegy on 'Les Morts' is worthy of even Victor Hugo.
                          The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People: An Historic...
                          8
                          The following year she set about writing an elegy for him.
                          The Guardian
                          9
                          And they went in silence, thinking in the epic elegy of their time.
                          We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
                          10
                          It is in this brutal formula that all ancient elegy is summed up.
                          Primitive Love and Love-Stories
                          11
                          A chaotic but curiously beautiful, relaxed elegy in often glorious prose.
                          The Irish Times
                          12
                          And now-noRoman elegy- Iwillhide her away in my memory:
                          Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
                          13
                          Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Le Carré A thrilling elegy for post-imperial Britain.
                          The Guardian
                          14
                          Recent new-Hebrew poetry has shown itself strongest in satire and elegy.
                          The Book of Delight and Other Papers
                          15
                          I cry the elegy of such notions as are possible to boys alone.
                          Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
                          16
                          He is no longer the singer of elegy but of ecstasy.
                          The Pleasures of Ignorance
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