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Elegy vs Allegory - What's the difference?

elegy | allegory |

As nouns the difference between elegy and allegory

is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while allegory is the representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.

elegy

English

(wikipedia elegy)

Noun

(elegies)
  • A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

    • Synonyms

    * dirge, threnody

    Coordinate terms

    * requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

    Derived terms

    * elegiac

    See also

    * eulogy – similar sounding funeral word

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    allegory

    English

    Noun

    (allegories) (wikipedia allegory)
  • The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
  • A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
  • A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

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