10 of the Best Elegies Everyone Should Read - Interesting …
2017年3月31日 · The Oxford English Dictionary defines an elegy as ‘A song or poem of lamentation, esp. for the dead; a memorial poem’. Death, and memorialising the dead, has long been a feature of poetry. Here are ten of the best elegies from English poetry, from the Middle Ages to the 1980s.
15+ Mournful Elegy Poems, Handpicked and Ranked - Poem …
An elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. This genre fits 'To Jennie' as the poem reflects on the death of Jennie Clemens, expressing sorrow, remembrance, and the emotional impact of her loss.
Explore Poems: Elegy - The Poetry Foundation
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine. Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine. ... Explore Poems: Elegy. Share. Showing 1-20 of 257 poems. Sort by. Filter Results. Types/Modes; Elegy; Into the Weeds. By Kevin Prufer.
The Best Elegies, Dirges, Requiems, Laments and Poems of …
Which poets wrote the best elegies, dirges, requiems, laments and poems of mourning in the English language? In one man's opinion, for whatever it's worth, the poems on this page are among the best sad, dark and mournful poems of all time. Some of these poems are justifiably famous; others are probably unknown to most readers.
The Best Oscar Wilde Poems Everyone Should Read
2018年5月9日 · Wilde didn’t write hundreds of poems, but among the small number he did write we find sonnets, ballads, narrative poems, elegies, and many others – including this attempt at the restrictive and challenging form of the villanelle.
Exploring the Timeless Beauty of the Most Famous Elegy - Poems
2024年3月12日 · The Most Famous Elegy: A Closer Examination. Amidst a rich tapestry of elegiac works, one stands out with unparalleled resonance and power. Written in the 18th century by Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” transcends its humble origins to become a masterpiece of English literature.
10 Contemporary Elegies - JSTOR Daily
2021年4月5日 · 10 Contemporary Elegies. In these poems of lament, the speaker expresses grief and sorrow. Clockwise: Kevin Young, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Alexander, Mary Jo Bang, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Jack Gilbert. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr/Jonathan Aprea. By: The Editors. April 5, 2021. 1 minutes.
Elegy - Definition and Examples - LitCharts
In ancient Greek and Latin verse, the elegy was a poetic form that was defined by a particular metrical pattern called "elegiac couplets"—alternating lines of dactylic hexameter (six dactyls per line) and dactylic pentameter (five dactyls per line). Some of the most famous elegies in ancient Greek and Latin verse were written by Catullus and ...
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard | The Poetry Foundation
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. By Thomas Gray. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds,
A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General
He made them weep before he died. Come hither, all ye empty things, Ye bubbles raised by breath of kings; Who float upon the tide of state, Come hither, and behold your fate. Let pride be taught by this rebuke, How very mean a thing’s a Duke; From all his ill-got honours flung,