All 16 Uses
lament
in
Romeo and Juliet
(Edited)
- Why, is not this a lamentable thing...
p. 94.3
- Why, is not this a lamentable thing...
p. 93.3
- Tybalt's death
Was woe enough, if it had ended there.
Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship
And needly will be rank'd with other griefs,
Why follow'd not, when she said "Tybalt's dead,"
"Thy father", or "thy mother", nay, or both,
Which modern lamentations might have moved?p. 144.1 - Tybalt's death
Was woe enough, if it had ended there.
Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship
And needly will be rank'd with other griefs,
Why follow'd not, when she said "Tybalt's dead,"
"Thy father", or "thy mother", nay, or both,
Which modern lamentations might have moved?p. 137.8 - Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back
With twenty hundred thousand times more joy
Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.p. 156.7 - Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back
With twenty hundred thousand times more joy
Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.p. 151.6 - O lamentable day!
Scene 4.5
- O lamentable day!
p. 199.3
- O lamentable day!
Scene 4.5
- O lamentable day!
p. 199.9
- Most lamentable day, most woeful day
That ever, ever, I did yet behold!Scene 4.5 * - Most lamentable day, most woeful day
That ever, ever, I did yet behold!p. 201.8 * - For though fond nature bids us all lament,
Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment.Scene 4.5 - For though fond nature bids us all lament,
Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment.p. 203.8 - Ah, what an unkind hour
Is guilty of this lamentable chance!Scene 5.3 - Ah, what an unkind hour
Is guilty of this lamentable chance!p. 231.1
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.