Poetry Terms: Elegy ♥

DEFINITION
A poem for someone who has died.

EXAMPLE

I have not lost my rings, my purse,
My gold, my gems-my loss is worse,
One that the stoutest heart must move.
My pet, my joy, my little love,
My tiny kitten, my Belaud,
I lost, alas, three days ago.

       (Elegy on His Cat - Joachim Du Bellay)

SIGNIFICANCE

Elegy is either dedicated to the dead ones or about them. This makes poetry more interesting because we can have diversed types of poems.