Associations to the word «Monody»

Wiktionary

MONODY, noun. An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
MONODY, noun. Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
MONODY, noun. A monotonous or mournful noise.
MONODY, noun. (music) A composition having a single melodic line.

Dictionary definition

MONODY, noun. Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca