A threnody is a wailing ode, song, hymn or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Is threnody a word?

noun, plural thren·o·dies. a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

How do you use threnody in a sentence?

But inside the echo were sounds not quite their own-a kind of threnody, a weeping, something melodic and sad. 5. The rain drummed on the eaves of her garden fiat at Cuffe Parade. She listened to its dismal threnody, tapping her teeth with her red pencil and watching streams snaking down the windowpanes.