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epigram
...An epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived from the (epi-gramma) "to write on - inscribe"http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=epigram, the literary device has been employed for over two millennia. Read full entry
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- 1.Epigram - Wikipedia
- An overview of epigrams, including form, origins, and examples.
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- 2.epigram: Definition from Answers.com
- epigram ( ) n. A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation. ... epigram (epigramma, inscription'), a verse inscription. ...
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What is the difference between Which appears at the opening
of a book or chapter?
What is the "epigraph"
equivalent of the word
"epigrammatic"?
Would you refer to an
illustration that opened each
chapter of a book with one of
these terms?
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An Epigraph is a short inscription, often a quotation or poem, set at the beginning of a document be it a book or some other such written component. Epigraphs are usually related somehow to the content of the narrative that follows them and may even be designed to help set the tone for the narrative that follows. Synonyms of the word epigraph are: 1. quotation, quote, citation - usage: a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing 2. epigraph, inscription, lettering - usage: an engraved inscription, such as on a grave stone, piece of jewelery etc. Epigrammatic means 'of or having the nature of an epigram,' that is something that contains or gives use of epigrams within it. Illustrations that open each chapter can't be described as being epigrams or epigrammatical, they are just called illustrations, even though they may well be there to give faces to the characters in a story or communicate subtle thematic tone in a narrative or inspire the reader to feel emotion in order to expand on the linguistic aspects of the narrative. But I see what you are getting at, because they are in effect doing the same job as a written epigram that would start a chapter etc. |
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Can someone translate the "Miraris veteres, Vacerra,
solos nec laudas nisi mortuos
poetas. ignoscas petimus,
Vacerra: tanti non est, ut
placeam tibi, perire."
As literal as possible, I need
to extract my own meaning out
of it based on the assignment.
Thank you.
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You only admire the ancients, Vacerra; no poet wins your favour until he dies. I beg your pardon, Vacerra: but I don't think your praise is worth so much that I must die to get it". (Vacerra was a critic who thought only dead poets were good). |
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An example of a hard work What would be an example of an
epigram about hard work?
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He oft o'er worked with vim and vigor And too soon was met by that mortis rigor. There's nothing to live down If you never give up. Working hard will be a pleasure When good character is the measure. |
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