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lament(noun, mass, hymn, poem, crying)
14
dirge(noun, mass, worship, grief, lament)
13
requiem(noun, mass, grief, lament, complaint)
13
threnody(noun, mass, worship, grief, lament)
10
ode(noun, poetry, songlike poem)
9
sonnet(noun, poetry, songlike poem)
9
ballad
9
lyric(poetry, songlike poem)
9
monody(noun, poetry, lamentation)
8
lamentation(noun, lament, crying, weeping, interment)
7
coronach(noun, lamentation, requiem)
7
epicedium(noun, lamentation)
6
knell(noun, lamentation, dirge)
6
poem(noun, song, poetry, verse, requiem)
6
dithyramb(noun, poetry)
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eclogue(noun, poetry)
6
epic
6
hymn(noun, mass, lament, dirge, requiem)
5
keen(noun, grief, lament, complaint, hymn)
5
epigram
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