Monody
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɒnədi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Monody is a noun meaning An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
Meaning
An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
More Meanings
- Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
- A monotonous or mournful noise.
- (music) A composition having a single melodic line.
Example Sentences
Stroke by stroke, the great familiar monody of that incomparable curfew rose and fell in the stillness.
All directions in life were blocked to him. He could not think, he could not sleep, his heart thudded to a deadening monody of fear. Fear that is itself the penalty of all things feared.
Word Forms
- monodies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antode, monodrame, parodos, melodrama, hymnody, monopody.
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