elegy vs eulogy :

elegy or eulogy

A speech praising the deceased person at a funeral is a eulogy. An elegy is a poetic form, usually with a sad or thoughtful subject. It can also be a poem on any subject written in the form called “elegaic couplets.” Unless it’s in verse, the speech at a funeral isn’t an elegy.

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Definitions

  • n  a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

  • n  a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
  • n  a formal expression of praise
News & Articles


  • Harry Caray eulogist Pete Vonachen dies
    Visitation is today for Peoria baseball magnate Pete Vonachen, perhaps best known as the man who gave the eulogy for Harry Caray. Vonachen, a Peoria businessman and owner of the Peoria Chiefs minor league team, was frequently mentioned on the …
    June 13, 2013 - WGN Radio Chicago
  • Carolyn Hax: Son of rage-filled woman wonders how to eulogize her
    I'm a middle-aged gay man, one of two sons raised by a widow with physical (and mental, I suspect) health issues that filled her with rage, which persists to this day, though she does function better. Anyway, two close friends of mine lost incredibly loving parents recently, and that has gotten me to thinking about what I could possibly say about mine in a eulogy.
    June 11, 2013 - Detroit Free Press
  • Carolyn Hax: Son of rage-filled woman wonders how to eulogize her
    I'm a middle-aged gay man, one of two sons raised by a widow with physical (and mental, I suspect) health issues that filled her with rage, which persists to this day, though she does function better. Anyway, two close friends of mine lost incredibly loving parents recently, and that has gotten me to thinking about what I could possibly say about mine in a eulogy.
    June 11, 2013 - Detroit Free Press