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Definition of Elegiac

Elegiac
Elegiac E*le"gi*ac, n. Elegiac verse.

Meaning of Elegiac from wikipedia

- The adjective elegiac has two possible meanings. First, it can refer to something of, relating to, or involving, an elegy or something that expresses...
- The elegiac couplet is a poetic form used by Gr**** lyric poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than the epic. Roman poets, particularly...
- Elegiac Stanzas is a poem by William Wordsworth, originally published in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807). Its full title is "Elegiac Stanzas, Suggested by...
- fifteen books written in dactylic hexameters. He is also known for works in elegiac couplets such as Ars Amatoria ("The Art of Love") and Fasti. His poetry...
- Elegiac Sonnets, titled Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Essays by Charlotte Sussman of Bignor Park, in Sus**** in its first edition, is a collection of poetry...
- Elegiac comedy was a genre of medieval Latin literature—or drama—represented by about twenty texts written in the 12th and 13th centuries in the liberal...
- Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34, is a composition in two movements for string orchestra by Edvard Grieg, completed in 1880 and first published in 1881. The...
- Elegiac Cycle is a solo piano album by Brad Mehldau. It was issued in 1999 by Warner Bros. produced by Mehldau himself. Mehldau described the influence...
- ἔλεγος, élegos, ‘lament’) originally referred to any verse written in elegiac couplets and covering a wide range of subject matter (death, love, war)...
- poems are written in a variety of meters, with hendecasyllabic verse and elegiac couplets being the most common by far. Catullus is renowned for his love...