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Examples Help!
What is the
definition of Epigram?
How do you define Epigram? What is an Epigram? The word derives
from the Greek 'epi' meaning upon and 'graphein' to write.
Originally meant an inscription on a monument, hence it came to
signify any pointed expression. Plural: Epigrams. The
definition of Epigram is as follows:
English Grammar &
Terminology
Definition of Epigram - a poetic device |
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Definition: A statement, or
any brief saying in prose or poetry, in which there
is an apparent contradiction. A very short,
satirical and witty poem usually written as a brief
couplet or quatrain.
Examples of Epigrams
"Conspicuous for his absence."
"Beauty when unadorned is most adorned."
"He was too foolish to commit folly."
"He was so wealthy that he could not spare the
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Definition of Epigram
- a poetic device |
Examples of Epigram in Poems
& Poetry
Poems with Epigram
examples can be found by the most famous poets including qqqq
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"I am
unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies."
A Lame Begger by John Donne
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"On my First
Son" by Ben Jonson whose son died of the plague in 1603
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"How I do
love thee, Beaumont, and thy Muse,
That unto me dost such religion use !" Part of an
epigram to Francis Beaumont by Ben Jonson
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5 Examples
of epigrams by John Donne:
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HERO AND
LEANDER
Both robb'd of air, we both lie in one ground
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown'd
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PYRAMUS AND
THISBE
Two, by themselves, each other, love and fear
Slain, cruel friends, by parting have join'd here.
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A LICENTIOUS
PERSON
Thy sins and hairs may no man equal call ;
For, as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall.
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ANTIQUARY
If in his study he hath so much care
To hang all old strange things, let his wife beware.
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AN OBSCURE
WRITER
Philo with twelve years' study hath been grieved
To be understood ; when will he be believed?
Examples of
Epigram Poems
Examples Help! Use
of Epigram in Poems & Poetry
Examples of Epigram can
be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous
poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual
and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the
mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment
to literary works.
Examples Help -
Figures of Speech - Epigram
In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they
differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey
meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like
Epigram make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it
in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing
effectively. Figures of speech such as Epigram use word association
to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using
Epigram
Figures of
speech such as Epigram adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant
variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration,
exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and
luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts
and info about Figures of Speech will help with the
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