John Donne wrote a series of nineteen elegies known as the "Holy Sonnets."
John Donne was a metaphysical poet who wrote sermons, sonnets, songs, elegies, love poetry and satire, among other genre.
A sorrowful and formal poem that focuses on the death of a person is known as an elegy. Elegies have been written by John Donne and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Duino Elegies was created in 1922.
Maximianus has written: 'The elegies of Maximianus' 'Elegies'
Elegies to Lessons Learnt was created on 2007-10-01.
Elegies - Machine Head DVD - was created in 2004-12.
It was published in Songs and Sonnets in 1633, however was written before that date (as John Donne himself died in 1631).
Robert Motherwell: 'Elegies to the SPANISH Republic'.
The cast of Elegies - 2013 includes: Jonah Bornstein Suzee Grilley
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Elegies emerge from deep grief over a loss. If there is no deep grief, there is no question of an elegy. Deep grief has the power of arresting the utterance of words even though they would continue to form. When the grief is abated somewhat, words will spontaneously outflow. Emotions of grief are the essentials to elegies, the purity, universality and nobility of which make elegies great. In spite of Plato's warning about elegies making and teaching people unnecessarily lament and weep, it should be emphasized that like true tragedies, an elegy purges, cleanses and catharcises human emotions. It is good to read Thomas Gray's Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard, Milton's Lycidas, Shelley's Adonais and Tennyson's In Memoriam before attempting to write an elegy.
Modern elegies often explore themes of loss, grief, and longing. They can serve as a way to mourn the passing of loved ones, commemorate significant events, or reflect on personal or collective tragedies. Many modern elegies also examine the complexities of memory, nostalgia, and coming to terms with mortality.