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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective, Adjective |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| mournful | /x | Adjective |
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| lyrical | /xx | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| wistful | /x | Adjective |
| melancholy | /xxx | Noun |
| evocative | x/xx | Adjective |
| somber | /x | Adjective |
| unsentimental | xxx/x | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| lilting | /x | Noun |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| plaintive | /x | Adjective |
| pensive | /x | Adjective |
| soulful | /x | Adjective |
| meditative | /xxx | Adjective |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| melodic | x/x | Adjective |
| impressionistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| haunting | /x | Noun |
| dreamlike | /x | Adjective |
| heartfelt | /x | Adjective |
| dirge | / | Noun |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| epic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| introspective | xx/x | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| lyricism | /xxx | Noun |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| tuneful | /x | Adjective |
| paean | /x | Noun |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| reverential | xx/x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| propulsive | x/x | Adjective |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| filmic | /x | Adjective |
| bittersweet | /xx | Noun |
| eloquent | /xx | Adjective |
| funereal | x/xx | Adjective |
| eerie | /x | Noun |
| cinematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective |
| contemplative | x/xx | Adjective |
| bravura | x/x | Noun |
| poignancy | /xx | Noun |
| prose | / | Noun |
| sonorous | /xx | Adjective |
| melodious | x/xx | Adjective |
| portentous | x/x | Adjective |
| funerary | /xxx | Adjective |
| lyric | /x | Noun |
| mortuary | /xxx | Noun |
| emotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective |
| epigraphic | xx/x | Noun |
| reminiscent | xx/x | Noun |
| obituary | x/xxx | Noun |
| epistolary | x/xxx | Noun |
| erosive | x/x | Adjective |
| hagiographic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| syllabic | x/x | Adjective |
| hymnal | /x | Noun |
| epochal | /xx | Adjective |
| ecliptic | x/x | Noun |
| diegetic | //x | Adjective |
| epileptic | xx/x | Adjective |
| prosodic | x/x | Adjective |
| eugenic | x/x | Noun |
| couplets | /x | Noun |
| metre | /x | Noun |
| lament | x/ | Noun |
| epigrams | xxx | Noun |
| quatrains | x/ | Noun |
| meter | /x | Noun |
| ode | / | Noun |
| stanzas | /x | Noun |
| pentameter | x/xx | Noun |
| verses | /x | Noun |
| sonnets | /x | Noun |
| pastoral | /xx | Noun |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| prelude | /x | Noun |
| poets | /x | Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| evocation | xx/x | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| sadness | /x | Noun |
| mistress | /x | Noun |
| meditations | xx/x | Noun |
| lover | /x | Noun |
| tribute | /x | Noun |
| farewell | x/ | Noun |
| note | / | Noun |
| genre | /x | Noun |
| melody | /xx | Noun |
| consolation | xx/x | Noun |
| tenderness | /xx | Noun |
| advanced | x/ | Adjective |
| apollo | x/x | Name |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| doubting | /x | Noun |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| greek | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| iambic | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| linear | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| lit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| waltzes | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
