elegy
literary genre
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Summary
elegy is a lyric poetry genre[1]. elegy draws 4,742 Wikipedia views per month (lyric poetry genre category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: lyric poetry[3]
- Commons category: Elegies[4]
- Said to be the same as: Marsiya[5], eleji[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Elegies[7]
- Main subject: lovesickness[8], death[9]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[19], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[20]
- Has characteristic: distichon[21]
- Different from: ancient Greek elegy[22]
- Practiced by: elegist[23]
Why It Matters
elegy has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] elegy is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]