Associations to the word «Threnody»

Wiktionary

THRENODY, noun. A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.

Dictionary definition

THRENODY, noun. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley