Elegy vs Mourn - What's the difference?
elegy | mourn |
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
* Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2
* Shakespeare
Sorrow, grief.
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*:Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
As nouns the difference between elegy and mourn
is that elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation while mourn is sorrow, grief.As a verb mourn is
to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).elegy
English
(wikipedia elegy)Noun
(elegies)Synonyms
* dirge, threnodyCoordinate terms
* requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the deadDerived terms
* elegiacSee also
* eulogy – similar sounding funeral wordAnagrams
*References
mourn
English
Alternative forms
* morneVerb
- Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- We mourn' in black; why ' mourn we not in blood?
