Noun

(en noun)

A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.

A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.

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Reminiscence of the speaker's childhood or younger years.

Noun

(elegies)

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