The Only Use
elegy
in
In Cold Blood
(Edited)
- He later did so, and Andrews' farewell message turned out to be the ninth stanza of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard": The boasts of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Chpt 4elegy = a reflective poem of mourning that meditates on death and on what is lost—including lives’ unfulfilled possibilities
Definitions:
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(1)
(elegy) a mournful poem, reflection, or musical compilation -- especially lamenting for someone who died
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)