ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Elegy (which may be traced to the Greek word elegos, “song of mourning”) commonly refers to a song or poem lamenting one who is dead; the word may also refer somewhat figuratively to a nostalgic poem, or to a kind of musical composition.

Detailed explanation-2: -In classical poetry, an Elegy is a mournful, melancholic, or plaintive poem, sometimes written as a lament for the dead and other times covering sad topics such as war. Elegies to lost love are also part of the genre. Ovid wrote elegies upon his exile, which he likened to death.

Detailed explanation-3: -A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Any poem expressing deep grief, usually at the death of a loved one or some other loss.

Detailed explanation-5: -elegy, meditative lyric poem lamenting the death of a public personage or of a friend or loved one; by extension, any reflective lyric on the broader theme of human mortality.