Readers, fellow bloggers & friends, I’m extremely sorry for the delay! This week’s Poetic form is “Monody” Well, A monody is a poem in which one person laments another’s death, as in Tennyson’s Break, Break, Break,or Wordsworth’s She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways. In poetry, the term monody has become specialized to refer to a poem in which one person laments another’s death. (In the context of ancient Greek literature, monody, μονῳδία could simply … Continue reading Poetic Form of the Week – Monody