"graveyard poetry" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} graveyard poetry (uncountable)
  1. A type of morbid poetry which lingers on human mortality, tombs, and burial grounds. It was popular in the pre-romantic period of 18th-century Britain. Wikipedia link: graveyard poetry Tags: uncountable
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