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IN QUEST OF THE ORIGIN OF ELEGIES
The word elegy originated from the Greek word ‘elegeia,’ which means to lament or to be sorrowful. In addition to traditional reflections upon the death of the beloved ones, poets from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome wrote elegies based on humor and satire.
DEFINITION
The elegy is a form of poetry in which the poet or speaker expresses grief, sadness, or loss. It is of various types such as personal, impersonal, and pastoral.
ELEGIES LIVE ON
In spite of the ravages of time, the form of poetry has survived through thousands of years. Changed and evolved, elegies have been appearing even up to the present time in various modifications.
Karel Havlíček Borovský, our famous writer, poet, politican and critic of the then- oppressive Austro-Hungarian regime, made use of elegy in his Tyrolean Elegies, a masterpiece of Czech literature.
Walt Whitman´s "O Captain! My Captain" is an elegy written in memory of the American President, Abraham Lincoln. The elegy deals with the tragic an untimely demise of the American president.
FAMOUS NAMES AND AUTHORS OF ELEGIES
- Thomas Gray: 1716-1771
- Rainer Maria: 1875-1926
- John Donne: 1572 – 1631
- Anna Akhmatova: 1889-1966
- Johannes Secundus: 1511-1563
- Joachim du Bellay: 1522-1560
- Walt Whitman: 1819-1892
AUTHOR:
AUTHOR:
VLADIMÍR ŠENFELD
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