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DEFINITION

A poem that is written to praise and express grief for a lost loved one. Similar to a eulogy, but it's not actually recited at the funeral, it's more personal and composed later.

ORIGIN OF ELEGY

The Elegy began as an Ancient Greek metrical form used in response to the death of a person or a group. Which is basically the same as it's used today, but most likely slightly edited.

CHARACTERISTICS

In a traditional Elegy there is three different stages recognizable to the seeking eye; Lament, Praise and Admiration, and Consolation and Solace.

EXAMPLE

Requiescat
by Oscar Wilde

Tread lightly, she is near

Under the snow,

Speak gently, she can hear

The daisies grow.

All her bright golden hair

Tarnished with rust,

She that was young and fair

Fallen to dust.

Lily-like, white as snow,

She hardly knew

She was a woman, so

Sweetly she grew.

Coffin-board, heavy stone,

Lie on her breast,

I vex my heart alone,

She is at rest.

Peace, Peace, she cannot hear

Lyre or sonnet,

All my life's buried here,

Heap earth upon it.

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History of elegy

It was an ancient form of Greek metrical form, normally written about the death of a person or a group. This form of poetry is typically very brief. There are also three stages of this poetry.

How can i identify this type of poetry

This type of poetry is used as a way to mourn the gone. It can be a person, group, or place.

You will know when you see this form because it is only used for something that has passed. This type of poetry can be written in a happy or sad form.

A well known example

The Vision of Judgement

"Aroar, what wretch that nearest us? what wretch
Is that with eyebrows white and slanting brow?
Listen! him yonder who, bound down supine,
Shrinks yelling from that sword there, engine-hung;
He too amongst my ancestors! [. . .] [. . .]
[. . .] O king!
Iberia bore him, but the breed accurst
Inclement winds blew blighting from north-east.'
'He was a warrior then, nor fear'd the gods?'
'Gebir, he feared the Demons, not the gods,
Though them indeed his daily face adored;
And was no warrior, yet the thousand lives
Squandered, as stones to exercise a sling,
And the tame cruelty and cold caprice-
Oh madness of mankind! addressed, adored!'

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The History of the Elegy poem

The elegy poem began as accent Greek poem form and is traditional writhing after the death of a person or group.

characteristics of the elegy poem

Usually, elegies are identified by several characteristics of genre:

Just like a classical epic, an elegy typically starts with the invocation of the muse and then proceeds by referencing to the traditional mythology.

It often involves a poet who knows how to phrase the thoughts imaginatively in the first person.

Questions are raised by the poet about destiny, justice and fate.

Example

"O CAPTAIN! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! Heart! Heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.O Captain! My Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! Dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead."

( O Captain! My Captain!, by Walt Whitman)

Work Cited

"Elegy - Examples and Definition of Elegy." Literary Devices. N.p., 16 Sept. 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

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The History of Elegy

Elegy began as an ancient greek metrical form and is traditionally written in response to to the death of a person.

The purpose of elegy poems

An elegy is a sad poem usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead The purpose of this type of poem is to express feelings rather than telling a story.

Characteristics of elegy

Elegy is written to express feelings, it is not usually telling a story. It is people expressing their feelings about the death of a person.

Works Cited

Works Cited

"Elegy - Dictionary Definition." Vocabulary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.

"Elegy+poem+about+abraham+lincoln - Google Search." Elegy+poem+about+abraham+lincoln - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.

"Elelgy." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 20 Feb. 2014. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.

Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.

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The history

Elegy began in Ancient Greek metrical form and it was originally written for death of someone or something. Elegy is also a distinct for of epitaph which is very brief, Ode which solely exalts, and eulogy that is often written in formal prose.

The purpose of Elegy poetic form

The reason they are written is because the people who have written the poems are able to show how deep their emotions are. It is a really strong tool because it uses the memories of death and how you felt of the people who are gone. And most of the poets are in awe of the fragility of life and how easy it is to lose it.

Characteristics of Elegy's poetic form

One of the characteristics could be a lyric poem splitting the death of a friend or a loved one. In classic literature it was simply written in elegiac Metre and wasn't restricted. There is also one distinct form called pastoral elegy, which kind of borrows the classics by representing it as and idealized shepherd. And it always begins with grief

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Overview/History of Poetic Form

The elegy began as an ancient Greek metrical form and is traditionally written in response to the death of a person or group. Though similar in function, the elegy is distinct from the epitaph, ode, and eulogy: the epitaph is very brief; the ode solely exalts; and the eulogy is most often written in formal prose.

The elements of a traditional elegy mirror three stages of loss. First, there is a lament, where the speaker expresses grief and sorrow, then praise and admiration of the idealized dead, and finally consolation and solace.

Purpose of Poetic Form (Why are these types of poems written?)

Many modern elegies have been written not out of a sense of personal grief, but rather a broad feeling of loss and metaphysical sadness. A famous example is the mournful series of ten poems in Duino Elegies, by German poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The first poem begins:

If I cried out
who would hear me up there
among the angelic orders?
And suppose one suddenly
took me to his heart
I would shrivel

Characteristics of Poetic Form (How can you and your peers identify it?)

if it is talking g about losing a loved one or someone that died soon would

be an elegy poem.

Well-Known Example of Poetic Form

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

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