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elegiac [Brit ˌɛlɪˈdʒʌɪək, Am ˌɛləˈdʒaɪək] ADJ

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elegiac lament, couplet:

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At more than six minutes, the elegiac song differed strikingly from the sound of the quintet period. en.wikipedia.org

In opposition to the sophisticated, urban woman of the elegiac ideal, the woman of the mythical golden age was a simple rustic. en.wikipedia.org

The third elegiac piece is a description of a successful eastern general who fell from power. en.wikipedia.org

From now on, the general mood of the quartet changes and turns more elegiac and tragic. en.wikipedia.org

He also freed the elegy from the classical elegiac meter. en.wikipedia.org

West however acknowledges that the whole collection is valuable since it represents a cross-section of elegiac poetry composed in the sixth and early fifth centuries. en.wikipedia.org

Elegiac meter was considered alternating lines of dactylic hexameter and pentameter. en.wikipedia.org

There is disagreement about whether the term should also be applied to works written in elegiac couplets. en.wikipedia.org

He subsequently addressed an elegiac poem to the king, asking pardon, and pleading for release. en.wikipedia.org

He wrote a total of 1,561, of which 1,235 are in elegiac couplets. en.wikipedia.org

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