elegy

noun

Etymology: From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

   “funeral elegy”

   “pastoral elegy”

2. A composition of mournful character.
3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter