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elegiac Definition

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elegiac
adjective(el-e-gi-ac)
expressing sorrow often for something past
Examples:
An elegiac lament for youthful ideals.
elegiac
(el-e-gi-ac)
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
Examples:
An elegiac poem on a friend's death.

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By: Jamie
The poem was an elegy to his mother, he said it with such an elegiac manner, the pain he was feeling was palpable.