Dirge
A dirge is a mournful poem or song written to express grief, often for the dead. It may be spoken at a funeral or written to sound like a funeral lament. Unlike a broader elegy, a dirge usually stays closely focused on sorrow, loss, and mourning.
Example
The winter church bell shook the air
while ash and silence filled the square;
we carried names we could not say,
and laid them softly down that day.
Related Definitions
[n] a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
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