elegiac

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Expressing sorrow or mourning
Of, or relating to an elegy
A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter
{a} used in eligies, mournful, dismal, sad
expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"
{s} sad, mournful (also elegiacal)
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death"
{i} elegy, lament, dirge, mournful poem
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death
Elegiac verse
Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains
Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
expressing sorrow often for something past; "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals" resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy; "an elegiac poem on a friend's death
Something that is elegiac expresses or shows sadness. The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality. showing that you feel sad about someone who has died or something that no longer exists
elegiacal
elegiac couplet
A unit of verse in Greek and Roman prosody consisting of a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter
elegiac stanza
a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
elegiac stanza
A four-line stanza in iambic pentameter rhyming on alternate lines
elegiacs
{i} elegy, lament, dirge, mournful poem
elegiac
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