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elegy
noun
(el-e-gy)
a poem in elegiac couplets
elegy
noun
(el-e-gy)
a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead
elegy
noun
(el-e-gy)
something (such as a speech) resembling such a song or poem
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