You realize that hip-hop is urban folk art, and as much an indication of the conditions in impoverished areas as bluesman Robert Johnson's laments in the 1930s.
Eventually he discovered the Lament Configuration, a puzzle box designed by a brilliant engineer over two hundred years ago and infused with dark magic.
In a lament that is eerily apposite in the lurid age of social media, Wordsworth decried the craving for extraordinary incident which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies.
Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
" Don't be afraid, " cried Felicite; and murmuring a sort of lament she passed her hand over the back of the nearest ox; he turned away and the others followed.
" This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord" .
So when we hear, " Homer or any other of the tragic poets imitating one of the heroes in mourning and making quite an extended speech with lamentation" (605d), we cannot help ourselves.
To which pathetic appeal Daisy would answer with a coo, or Demi with a crow, and Meg would put by her lamentations for a maternal revel, which soothed her solitude for the time being.