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Discover LudwigThe phrase "elegy for" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to refer to a poem, song, or other piece of writing that is written in memory of someone who has passed away. It can also be used more broadly to refer to any expression of sorrow or mourning for something or someone lost. Example: The poet wrote an elegy for her late husband, expressing her grief and celebrating their love through beautiful verses.
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ELEGY FOR EDDIE, by Jacqueline Winspear.
The elegy for the town is the elegy for youth, the girl and the book.
It's a telling elegy for an era.
Elegy for Iris By John Bayley.
Evisceration, an elegy for the murdered.
There's an elegy for Joseph Brodsky, an elegy for Ted Hughes.
"Elegy for a Leatherback" is such a piece.
A quiet elegy for Morcom forms the work's touching kernel.
We heard on Saturday the poet laureate's elegy for Simon.
His elegy for her, though undeniably heartfelt, is curt.
Where Salman Rushdie was moved by Auden's elegy for Yeats, so is Shami Chakrabarti by his elegy for Freud.
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