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Satire vs Elegy - What's the difference?

satire | elegy |

As nouns the difference between satire and elegy

is that satire is while elegy is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

satire

English

(wikipedia satire)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules]] its subject often as an intended means of [[provoke, provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
  • (countable) A satirical work.

    • Derived terms

    * satiric, satirical * satirically * satirist

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    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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