All 6 Uses of
lament
in
Antigone
- But Polyneices, a dishonored corse, (So by report the royal edict runs) No man may bury him or make lament—Must leave him tombless and unwept, a feast For kites to scent afar and swoop upon.†
lament = express grief or regret
- If wail and lamentation aught availed To stave off death, I trow they'd never end.†
lamentation = passionate expression of grief or sorrow
- For, yet a little while, And sound of lamentation shall be heard, Of men and women through thy desolate halls; And all thy neighbor States are leagues to avenge Their mangled warriors who have found a grave I' the maw of wolf or hound, or winged bird That flying homewards taints their city's air.†
- But as he nearer drew a hollow sound Of lamentation to the King was borne.†
- 'Tis that she shrinks in public to lament Her son's sad ending, and in privacy Would with her maidens mourn a private loss.†
lament = express grief or regret
- SECOND MESSENGER Hearing the loud lament above her son With her own hand she stabbed herself to the heart.
*lament = expressing grief or regret
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.