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elegiac
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As an adjective, elegiac means of or relating to an elegy. As a noun, it means a poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
Meanings of elegiac
5 meaningsadjective
Of or relating to an elegy.
“the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter”
Expressing sorrow or mourning.
Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
“an elegiac poem on a friend's death”
Expressing sorrow often for something past
“an elegiac lament for youthful ideals”
noun
A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).