(n.) A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

English sonnet Horatian ode Italian sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Pindaric ode Sapphic ode Shakespearean sonnet accord accordance alba anacreontic attune attunement balada ballad ballade bucolic canso chanson chime chiming clerihew concentus concert concord concordance consonance consonancy consort coronach dead march death knell death song diapason dirge dithyramb eclogue elegy epic epicedium epigram epithalamium epode epopee epopoeia epos eulogy euphony funeral march funeral oration funeral song georgic ghazel graveside oration haiku harmonics harmony heavy harmony homophony idyll jingle keen knell limerick lyric madrigal monochord monophony 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 symphony synchronism synchronization tanka tenso tenzone three-part harmony threnode threnody triolet troubadour poem tune unison unisonance verse verselet versicle villanelle virelay