elegy vs eulogy
elegy
Definitions
noun
- a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Examples
The Angel's Share is an elegy for the old, unreconstructed island ways that have been all but decimated in the name of progress which, while making things a whole lot more efficient, left an unholy mess in its wake as well.
The annex'd elegy is on a gravestone in the churchyard at Hythe.
His verse is both metrically and formally experimental, ranging from satire to love lyric, from sonnet to verse epistle, from elegy to hymn.
eulogy
Definitions
noun
- a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
- a formal expression of praise
Examples
It's silence in remembrance of a talented, haunted man, but he deserves a eulogy, and his guitar speaks better than anyone ever could.
A line or two of grudging praise is all he gets when a eulogy might be in order.
He was the most self-effacing of men - the last thing he would have relished was a eulogy.
