The dirge, the threnody, the elegy, these constitute the bulk of much poetry, ancient and modern.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Smoking there in his chair beside the dining-room window, rain the unrelenting threnody of the day, Nicholas, fed, closed his eyes to the rhythm of their comings and goings through the swinging door that led to the kitchen.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
This cry of the rough man is unexpected, and grandiose as the voice of ancient tragedians chanting the threnody of a hero.
"The New Book Of Martyrs"
Georges Duhamel