Associations to the word «Elegy»

Wiktionary

ELEGY, noun. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

Dictionary definition

ELEGY, noun. A mournful poem; a lament for the dead.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King