Elegy is sad poem , usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead . For example o captain my captain by Walt Whitman . Stop all clocks and memory of w. B yeats by w. H Auden . Famous elegy in memoriam lord Alfred tennyson. Father of elegy is Thomas gray he was English poet. Elegy common subdivisions pastoral elegy , impersonal elegy , personal elegy . Thank you for your wonderful educational literary channel.
Picking up some poetry writing as a hobby, diving into the ones I've done is an interesting process. I was one of the people who assumed elegy and eulogy were one in the same, great information. I believe I'm able to write one now, assuming I didn't misunderstand
