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Elegy vs Lyrical - What's the difference?

elegy | lyrical |

As a noun elegy

is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As an adjective lyrical is

appropriate for or suggestive of singing.

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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    References

    lyrical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Appropriate for or suggestive of singing.
  • Expressive of emotion.

    • Related terms

    * lyric