What is the one-word substitute for "A poem of mourning"?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
Elegy: A serious poem, typically a lament for the dead.
Ballad: A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas, often passed down orally.
Ode: A lyrical poem typically one in the form of an address to a particular subject, written in varied or irregular meter.
Sonnet: A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Therefore, the one-word substitute for "A poem of mourning" is ‘Elegy’.