Elegies

Meaning

of Elegy

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

canticles dirge

Anagrams

elegise

Examples

At the age of nineteen he contributed a verse to a volume of elegies commemorating Princess Katharine. Source: Internet

"First Elegy" from Duino Elegies, line 1. and later declares that "every angel is terrifying" (Jeder Engel ist schrecklich). Source: Internet

In an intense creative period, Rilke completed the Duino Elegies in several weeks in February 1922. Source: Internet

Ovid changes the leader of his elegies from the poet, to Amor (love). Source: Internet

See also Stanley, Patricia H. "Rilke's Duino Elegies: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Mysticism" in Heep, Hartmut (editor). Source: Internet

Ovid followed his example in creating a completely natural style of expression in hexameter verse, and Propertius cheekily mimicked him in his third book of elegies. Source: Internet