The elegy

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2010 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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The elegy
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The elegy is a type of poem that has a mournful tone and is written to lament the death of a person or a group of people. It is not fixed to a specific pattern of lines, nor is it necessarily set in the countryside. While the elegy may sometimes mention heroic deeds of the person being lamented, it is primarily focused on expressing sorrow and grief.
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