(n.) A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song\; a poem of lamentation.

English sonnet Horatian ode Italian sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Pindaric ode Sapphic ode Shakespearean sonnet alba anacreontic balada ballad ballade bucolic canso chanson clerihew coronach dead march death knell death song dirge dithyramb eclogue epic epicedium epigram epithalamium epode epopee epopoeia epos eulogy funeral march funeral oration funeral song georgic ghazel graveside oration haiku idyll jingle keen knell limerick lyric madrigal monody muffled drums narrative poem nursery rhyme ode palinode passing bell pastoral pastoral elegy pastorela pastourelle poem prothalamium requiem rhyme rondeau rondel roundel roundelay satire sestina sloka song sonnet sonnet sequence tanka tenso tenzone threnode threnody triolet troubadour poem verse verselet versicle villanelle virelay