elegies

plural of elegy
as in laments
a composition expressing one's grief over a loss "O Captain! My Captain!" is Walt Whitman's elegy on the death of President Lincoln

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laments
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  • Apologies and laments and longing are woven throughout the album, but the speaker doesn’t ask anything of anyone that comes across as especially loud.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • As is so often the case when a Connecticut business closes, customers shared laments on social media.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Elegies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elegies. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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