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Epigram derives from the Greek epigramma -- "in-scribed". It is a short meaningful statement or saying that is often insightful and can provoke deep thought. According to the Oxford dictionary, an epigram is "a short poem ending in a witty turn ... "Love is in the palm of the hand; you just have to unclench the fist."
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two.not2.org/hesperides/epigrams/index.htm
two.not2.org/hesperides/epigrams/index.htm
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“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” –Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young ... Wilde was a sought-after guest at London's poshest dinner parties in the 1880s and early 1890s, and delighted attendees with his quips about love, marriage, fashion, and art.
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gay-rights-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/oscar_wilde...
gay-rights-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/oscar_wildes_bestknown_quotes
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Part Three: Love; Epigram; ... IT ’S all I have to bring to-day, ... Verse > Emily Dickinson > Complete Poems > III. Love > “It ’s all I have to bring to-day”...
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www.bartleby.com/113/3000.html
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A Reading of the Hellenistic Love Epigram ... For this reason, modern criticism of Hellenistic love epigram has devalued it for its lack of grand passion and other features of strong emotional engagement that have been thought obligatory of "sincere" love poetry.
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faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~dgarrisn/publications/mi...
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No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable, Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, Awake for ever in a sweet unrest, Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, And so live ever—or else swoon to death.
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www.cs-music.com/starcycle/keats.html
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Hellenistic Epigrams. Originally an epigram was something written upon or into another medium, either a dedicatory inscription or a memorial to the dead, but as it changed over time, brevity became the soul of epigram ... Originally, an epigram was something written upon or into another medium. Objects dedicated,
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ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021301a.htm
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Wills Hall speaks out on lack of CRB checks Three Wills Hall tutors from the academic year 2008/2009 told Epigram they had ne... ... Three Wills Hall tutors from the academic year 2008/2009 told Epigram they had never been asked to complete a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
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www.epigram.org.uk/
www.epigram.org.uk/
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"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...
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www.newpoetspress.com/epigram.html
www.newpoetspress.com/epigram.html
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epigrammatic expression: Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram. ... Use epigram in a Sentence ... Any pithy, witty saying or short poem. An aphorism can serve as an epigram, if it is brief.
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigram
dictionary.reference.com/browse/epigram
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