elegy

  • 1Elegy — Studioalbum von Amorphis Veröffentlichung 14. Mai 1996 Label Relapse Records Format …

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  • 2Elegy — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Elegy Título Elegy Ficha técnica Dirección Isabel Coixet Producción Tom Rosenberg …

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  • 3Elegy — Мини альбом Leaves’ Eyes Дата выпуска 2 мая 2005 года Жанр Симфоник метал …

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  • 4elegy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… …

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  • 5elegy — [el′ə jē] n. pl. elegies [Fr élégie < L elegia < Gr elegeia < elegos, a lament < ? IE base * el > ALMS] 1. any poem in elegiac verse 2. a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley s “Adonais” 3. any poem, song, etc …

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  • 6Elegy — El e*gy, n.; pl. {Elegies}. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem. sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 7elegy — 1510s, from M.Fr. elegie, from L. elegia, from Gk. elegeia ode an elegaic song, from elegeia, fem. of elegeios elegaic, from elegos poem or song of lament, perhaps from a Phrygian word …

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  • 8elegy — [n] dirge death song, funeral song, knell, lament, plaint, requiem, threnody; concepts 262,293,595 …

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  • 9elegy — ► NOUN (pl. elegies) ▪ a mournful poem, typically a lament for the dead. ORIGIN Greek elegos mournful poem …

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  • 10Elegy — The term elegy was originally used for a type of poetic meter (Elegiac metre), but is also used for a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegos , a reflection on the death of someone or on a sorrow generally which is a form of lyric poetry. An… …

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