Wednesday, September 29, 2010

What is difference in tone between an elegy and a riggle? When do you think you'd hear one of these? Example. At a wedding?

     The tone of an elegy is sad, mourful, and lament. Elegy usually includes the concept of loss. In contrast, tone of a riddle has more fun elements than that of an elegy. I think I'd hear an elegy mostly in sad situations, such as a funeral when everyone is mourning for the person whose dead. As for riddle, which is a question or puzzle that people need to solve, might appear at a wedding because the atmosphere is happier.  When new students go to first class, the teacher might also give them riddles to solve because solving them makes people closer thus we meet new friends easier.

1 comment:

  1. I like that you call it a riggle. (like wriggle) It gives a riddle a twisty hard to grip feeling. I'm going to call them riggles from now on :)

    Full points.

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