elegists
Writers of laments
Elegists are poets who write elegies—mournful poems lamenting the dead or reflecting on loss and mortality.
The term applies both to classical poets who wrote in the elegiac meter and to any poet known for commemorative or sorrowful verse: Gray and Tennyson rank among English literature's finest elegists.
Intense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
dirge · remembrance · memorial · funeral · condolence · obituary · eulogy · threnody
Poet of epics
- versifierOne composing metrical lines
- sonneteerWriter of fourteen-line poems
- lyricistWriter of song texts
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
troubadour · laureate · rhapsodist · poetaster · skald · verse · stanza · ode
Expression of deep respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- honoringRecognizing with respect
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
testimonial · recognition · praise · veneration · reverence · acknowledgment · salute · celebration
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
loss · dirge · remembrance · memorial · funeral · condolence · obituary · eulogy · threnody · keening
bard
Poet of epics
- versifierOne composing metrical lines
- sonneteerWriter of fourteen-line poems
- lyricistWriter of song texts
minstrel · troubadour · laureate · rhapsodist · poetaster · skald · verse · stanza · ode · meter
homage
Expression of deep respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- honoringRecognizing with respect
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
remembrance · testimonial · recognition · praise · veneration · reverence · acknowledgment · salute · celebration · appreciation
elegistscelebrants
Those observing special occasions
eulogists · glorifiers · exalters · satirists · court poets