monody

  1. Noun.  An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
  2. Noun.  Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
  3. Noun.  A monotonous or mournful noise.
  4. Noun.  (music) A composition having a single melodic line.

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