Dirge vs. Elegy: Know the Difference

A funeral hymn or lament.

A poem composed in elegiac couplets.

A slow, mournful musical composition.

A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.

A mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work.

Something resembling such a poem or song.

Roman Catholic Church The Office of the Dead.

(Music) A composition that is melancholy or pensive in tone.

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

(informal) A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.

(music) A composition of mournful character.

To sing dirges

A classical poem written in elegiac meter

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation.

A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

A mournful poem; a lament for the dead