How many lines should an elegy poem be?

An elegy is a type of poem that laments the death of a person. The length of an elegy can vary depending on the poet's preference, but it is traditionally quite short, consisting of only a few lines. Some of the most famous elegies in English literature, such as Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" and Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Adonais," are only about 30 lines long. However, there are also longer elegies, such as John Milton's "Lycidas," which is over 200 lines long.