A dirge is a type of mournful SONG or poem expressing grief or sorrow. MONODY, HYMN, SONG, KEEN, THRENODY, REQUIEM, ELEGY, LAMENT, LENTO, CORONACH, and sad SONG are all terms related to dirges. MONODY is a poem or SONG in which one person laments alone, HYMN is a religious SONG of praise, SONG is a short musical composition with words and music, KEEN is a wailing lamentation, THRENODY is a SONG or poem of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person, REQUIEM is a mass for the repose of the souls of the dead, ELEGY is a mournful poem or SONG written as a memorial to a dead person, LAMENT is an expression of grief or sorrow, LENTO is a slow tempo, CORONACH is a funeral SONG or LAMENT, and sad SONG is a SONG expressing sorrow or melancholy.