Woman returns after clear message (delivered starkly?)

• Thomas Gray, e.g.
• Poet, say, among group of very minor celebs?
• Glee? It’s unusual for this writer
• Writer of sad poems
• Poet like Thomas Gray
• Rilke, for one
• Bard for the bereaved
• The author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead