Both Uses of
lament
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- The Poisoner with some three or four Mutes, comes in again,
seeming to lament with her.†Scene 3.2 *lament = express grief or regret
- The violence of either grief or joy
Their own enactures with themselves destroy:
Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament;
Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident.†Scene 3.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(lament) to express grief or regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.