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Subcategories include:
Subcategories include:
* the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)--on the death of an individual, often a composer or monarch.
* the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)--on the death of an individual, often a composer or monarch/royalty.
* lover's laments: themes can include the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover.
* lover's laments: themes can include the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover.
* religious: such as Jeremiah's Lamentations
* religious: such as Jeremiah's Lamentations

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A lament or lamentation is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning. Many of the oldest poems in human history have been laments.

Subcategories include:

  • the elegy (a/k/a epitaphium)--on the death of an individual, often a composer or monarch/royalty.
  • lover's laments: themes can include the lover's death, or abandonment by one's lover.
  • religious: such as Jeremiah's Lamentations

(See also the Wikipedia article on laments.)

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The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.