There's very little you read of his and think 'I don't really get that'. For instance, Basking shark is about an encounter with a basking shark.“ 1. 2. 3. 4. Examples of imagery Sound techniques Interesting word choice Examples of repetition • In literature, an elegy (from the Greek word for “lament”) is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem , especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. • "Elegy" (sometimes spelled elégie) may denote a type of musical work, usually of a sad or somber nature. A well-known example is the Élégie, Op. 10, by Jules Massenet: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezwvgug9n eo (Piano) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXESZR0r fM (Cello) http://theoryofmusic.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/music-inplatos-republic/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5TqIdff_DQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsaoLEvWbw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds8ryWd5aFw