Pensive poems (7)
I believe the answer is:
elegies
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pensive poems</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for elegies that I've seen before include "Poems of mourning" , "Laments for the dead" , "Mourning songs" , "Lamenting poems" .)