Question

Which statement is true? A. An elegy is designed to honor a person publicly, often at public ceremonies. B. An elegy may express larger themes of loss, such as the passing of youth. C. An elegy generally contains a complex meter. D. An elegy is written with alternating lines of dashes and colons.

Answer 1

An elegy is a sad poem that expresses grief of a death so the correct answer is:

B. An elegy may express larger themes of loss, such as the passing of youth.

Answer 2

An elegy is a really sad song or poem about the passing of a loved one, I would know I have had a lot of funerals in the last 5 years. So the answer is B. An elegy may express larger themes of loss, such as the passing of youth.