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'Elegy: Poems'

By MARY JO BANG Reviewed by DAVID ORR

Mary Jo Bang's new poems grapple with the death of her son.

grapple with sth (PROBLEM) phrasal verb to try to deal with or understand a difficult problem or subject: Today, many Americans are still grappling with the issue of race.

哀歌

	因哀傷而歌。文選˙左思˙詠史詩八首之六：「哀歌與漸離，謂若傍無人。」
	一種西洋詩歌的類型。多歌詠沉痛、悲哀的憂愁情思。 "蕃薯哀歌" 譏刺故意不與世俗相和，以沽名釣譽。莊子 ˙天地：「子非夫博學以擬聖，於於以蓋眾，獨弦哀歌，以賣名聲於天下者乎。」 ( 16 ) 擬：比擬，仿效。 ( 17 ) 於於：亦作「唹籲」，誇誕的樣子。 ( 18 )獨弦：自唱自和。哀歌：哀歎世事之歌。 あいか　哀歌 an elegy ; a sad song.