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lament
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Things Fall Apart
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- Now and again a full-chested lamentation rose above the wailing whenever a man came into the place of death.†
p. 120.6lamentation = passionate expression of grief or sorrow
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(lament) to express grief or regret
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(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.