The Clue
Pensive poem, such as "Adonais" (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ELEGY
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Notes
The answer ELEGY is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Adonais" is one
Dirge
Gray's ___
Lament
Lamentation
Churchyard piece
Gray lines?
Gray poem
Gray work
Gray's greatest
Melancholy poem
"In Memoriam," e.g.
Milton's "Lycidas," for one
Mournful poem
Nostalgic poem
Pensive poem
Plaintive piece
Plaintive poem
Poem of lament
Poetic tribute
Poetry piece
Shelley's "Adonais" is one
Somber song
Whitman work
Gray's claim to fame
Milton's "Lycidas," e.g.
Notable Gray work
Poem for the dear departed
Poem for the dearly departed
Shelley's "Adonais," e.g.
T. Gray opus
Thomas Gray specialty
Thomas Gray work
Words of passing interest?
"___ Written in a Country Churchyard"
Gray's brought him praise
Gray's "churchyard" poem, e.g.
Thomas Gray wrote a famous one
Definition
ELEGY as a noun:
1. (elegy, lament) = a mournful poem; a lament for the dead