Elegist

Roman love elegy was a popular form of poetry in the late Roman Republic and early Empire. It was inspired by the Greek epigrams produced by a poetic movement in Alexandria, the Novi Poetae (“New Poets”).

The word 'elegy' derives from the Greek elegia, meaning "mourning song", and it is accordingly used for poems commemorating the dead. Due to metrical similarities, the lamentations characteristic of love elegy, and the expressions of personal sentiment common to both love poetry and commemorative verse, the term elegia was used to describe both genres.

Key Characteristics of Roman Love Elegy

• Elegiac metre: elegy was written in dactylic feet. "Dactyl" describes a long syllable described by two short syllables:

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