Dirge and March

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Dirge noun - A composition expressing one's grief over a loss.

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March and dirge are semantically related. in sad song topic. In some cases you can use "March" instead a noun "Dirge".

March noun - A region along the dividing line between two countries.

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Dirge and march are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirge" instead a noun "March".

Nearby Words: marched, marching

complete	complete dirge	complete march
slow	slow dirge	slow march
infamous	infamous dirge	infamous march
grim	grim dirge	grim march
Other adjectives: hopeless, triumphant, lengthy.

In Suikoden I, he plays the popular Wedding March as a funeral dirge (appropriate considering what happens to his brides)

Source: Ominous Pipe Organ
In the soundtrack to the Kenneth Branagh movie of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, the melody of the wedding march at Hero's first, doomed wedding reappears (in minor key) as her dirge when she is believed dead.

Source: Dark Reprise
Gojira (the original 1954 film): While he does like it for its "dirge-like march-to-Armageddon pacing", and acknowledges its impact, he views it as an example of Early Installment Weirdness for the franchise in the long run, and he doesn't rank it among his favorite Godzilla films.

Source: Films Discussed By Moviebob / Films F To L

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