Assertion: elegy | /r/HasProperty | lament
Facets:
value: for the dead
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: over lost love
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: by strict definition
type: OTHER
value: of a person
type: OTHER
value: for a loss
type: PURPOSE
value: of place
type: OTHER
value: of thing
type: OTHER
value: in common use
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The Elegy: A Lament (or is a lament an elegy?)
text: Remember that an "elegy" is a lamentation while a "eulogy" is a commendation or praise.
text: In common use, an elegy is a lament over the dead, but it can also be lament over lost love, the past, misery, and failure, etc.
text: So, while Gray's elegy is a lament, it is also a reflection upon the virtues of the simple, honest life of common folk:
text: This is because an elegy—a lament for a dead person—is supposed to mirror the stages of human grief.
text: An elegy is a lament for a loss: of a person, place or thing.
text: An elegy, by strict definition, is usually a lament for the dead.
text: This tribute to the living was also an elegy, a lament for the dead.
text: In common use, an elegy is a lament over the dead, but it can also be lament over lost love, the past, misery, and failure, etc.