This week's theme: words about poetry. monody (MON-uh-dee) noun
1. A poem in which the poet laments someone's death. 2. A piece of music in which a single melodic line predominates. [From Greek monoidos (singing alone), from mono- (one) + (oide) song.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=monody -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The suicide of the elder son inspired his longest poem 'Monody - to my son Paul: 1939-1982'." Ronald Sly; Obituary: Hubert Nicholson; The Independent (London, UK); Jan 22, 1996 . Sponsors' messages: 101 Questions Answered! What do Muslims believe? How bad is bird flu? Who's to blame for income tax? http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw083106 Want to talk turkey and stick your neck out? Try Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind. -Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/monody.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/monody.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/monody.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
