Definition/Summary:
- A passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form
- The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning
- Laments can also be expressed in a verbal manner, where the participant would lament about something they regret or someone they’ve lost, usually accompanied by wailing, moaning and/or crying
- Laments hold some of the oldest forms of writing and examples are present across human cultures