Epigram Definition | What is Epigram? - PoetrySoup
Definition
A very short, ironic and witty poem usually written as a brief couplet or quatrain. The term is derived from the Greek epigramma meaning inscription.
Example
Here lies my wife: here let her lie!
Now she's at rest — and so am I.
— John Dryden
I am His Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
— Alexander Pope
Little strokes
Fell great oaks.
— Benjamin Franklin
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expression, locution, saying
Related Terms
abridgment, adage, alba, ana, anacreontic, analects, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, Atticism, axiom, balada, ballad, ballade, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, bucolic, byword, canso, catchword, chanson, clerihew, collected s
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