elegy
/ˈelɪdʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead（现代文学中的）感伤怀旧的诗歌; 挽歌, 挽诗。
2
- (in Greek and Roman poetry) a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius（希腊和罗马诗歌中的）挽歌对句诗。
词源
early 16th cent.: from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos 'mournful poem'.