Both Uses
lament
in
Lord of the Flies
(Edited)
- On the left were four small logs, one of them—the farthest—lamentably springy.
p. 77.5lamentably = sadly (unfortunately)
- ...then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch.
p. 87.1 *lamentation = sorrowful cryeditor's notes: In this context, sustained means lasting a long time, and conch refers to the shell the boys use as a horn .
Definitions:
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(1)
(lament) to express grief or regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Although lament typically refers to a feeling or simple vocal expression, it can refer to a vocal expression as complex as a sad song or poem. It can even refer to sad, but non-vocal music -- as when Tennessee Williams references background music in A Streetcar Named Desire.