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What is an elegy? Give an example of one.
An Elegy is a sad and thoughtful poem lamenting the death of a person.
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson
Funeral Blues by Hugh Auden
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman
Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson
Funeral Blues by Hugh Auden
Tags: Auden, Dickinson, elegy, poetry, Whitman
Source: http://poeticterminology.net/18-elegy.htm
Source: http://poeticterminology.net/18-elegy.htm
