(in modern literature)a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead
(现代文学中的)感伤怀旧的诗歌;挽歌,挽诗。
(in Greek and Roman poetry)a poem written in elegiac couplets, as notably by Catullus and Propertius
(希腊和罗马诗歌中的)挽歌对句诗。
"early 16th cent.: from French