An Elegy would be performed at a grave or burial because it is a lament that expresses the sadness of death.
A type of lyric poem that is commonly read at a funeral or memorial service is an elegy. Elegies are poems that express sorrow or mourning for someone who has passed away. They often serve as a way to honor and remember the deceased.
Elegy
the bible
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Colonists who could read were most likely to read the Bible. This is because so many of the colonists were religious.
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An elegy is a essentially a sad poem. Some examples are songs that are played at funerals and scriptures that are read during a funeral.
most likely Britain
A travelogue is a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.
They most likely read it
while reading the constitution
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.