|
Epigram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived from the Greek: (epi-gramma) "to write on - inscribe", the literary device has been employed for over two millennia. The Greek...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigram |
|
|
Definition and usage of Epigram ... An epigram is a short, succinct poem, often with witty (or even vicious) content. Coleridge wrote an epigram to define an epigram: "What is an epigram? ... This part of the Archive is full of poems chosen specially for children. Meet old favourites and make new discoveries.
|
|
|
"An epigram is a short poem that makes a pithy, often satirical, usually humorous point. It's the poetic equivalent of a punchline - and it needs the quickness and force of a boxer's jab or uppercut. ... Her whole Life is an Epigram smack smooth; & neatly pend; Platted quite neat to catch applause with...
|
|
|
Epigram for Wall Street (EM, January 23, 1845) ... Last Update: Feb. 10, 2008 Navigation: Main Menu Poe's Works Poe's Poems ... [S:3 - EM, 1845] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Poems - Epigram for Wall Street (A)
|
|
|
“Epigram for Wall Street” — 1969 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 1: Poems, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1:378 ... [S:0 - JAS] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Poems - Epigram for Wall Street...
|
|
|
The poem, Epigram, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Samuel Coleridge with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!
|
|
|
Poems by James Schuyler; a portfolio of new work by 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellows Eric Ekstrand, Chloë Honum, Joseph Spece, Jeffrey Schultz, and Malachi Black; translations of Gottfried Benn by Michael Hofmann; ... There are 103 Epigram poems...
|
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.