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Elegy

/ˈɛləˌdʒi/
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(noun) A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

Tom wrote an elegy for Mary.
This elegy follows the traditional elegiac couplet format of classical poetry.
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Tom wrote an ____ for Mary.

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