.:POETRY TERMS:. Elegy ♥

Definition[:
A sad and mournful poem written to lament for the dead.

Example[:
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on the snow.

I am the sunlight ripened on the grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning's rush,
I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds of circling flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.

[By Mary Elizabeth Frye]

Significance[:
I think the importance of elegies are that they honor the dead. For dead people want to be remembered, or at least not forgotten. Elegies show significance to the non-living.