What is an elegiac broadside?

Question

a large sheet of paper sold on the streets
an elegant poem put to music
a mournful, plaintive ballad
a sensational disaster

I don't have a clue what Elegiac means
i was think it was a poem because that's what I'm studying . but can you also help with the answer

Answer 1

Elegaic is the adjective form of "elegy" and yes, it's a type of poem.

Elegy:
"a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead.
An elegy is a song or poem of lament, especially for the dead. Dead means not only a person but can also be beloved animals and even villages. Thomas Gray's Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard is about the forefathers of a country. Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted Village is about the loss of virtues from a village. A poem titled Elegy On The Death Of a Mad Dog also has been written. Tennyson's In Memoriam is about the death of his friend Arthur Hallam. So elegies can be about the loss of anything that one considers dear."
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_elegy

Answer 2

And here is the definition of "broadside" that fits what's going on here: "A forceful verbal attack, as in a speech or editorial."
http://www.answers.com/topic/broadside#ixzz3JRQOhYFI

Answer 3

So when you put the two definitions together, and re-read that little poem (or part of a poem), what do you think?

Answer 4

http://books.google.com/books?id=ktiaB4scFCwC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=elegiac+broadside&source=bl&ots=91NSL_gfb1&sig=aL5WyhpSTsUXt2zxeGF7MCn_U-g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zn5rVJ_3JIXroATV0YDwCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=elegiac%20broadside&f=false

Answer 5

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Answer 6

this didnt help at all