The Threnody

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threnody (thren-uh-dee) noun. a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

Used in a sentence:

"The woman sang a heart wrenching threnody for her lost love." 

Used in poem:

In times of great loss when our dear ones depart,

the Threnody sublimates grief into art.

It channels our pain into songs for the dead

to conjure them close as they move on ahead. 

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