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Robert Hayman's 1628 book Quodlibets devotes much of its text to epigrams.. An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, sometimes surprising or satirical statement. The word derives from the Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, "inscription", from ἐπιγράφειν [epigráphein], "to write on, to inscribe"). [1]
Stephen King uses many epigraphs in his writing, usually to mark the beginning of another section in a novel. An unusual example is The Stand wherein he uses lyrics from certain songs to express the metaphor used in a particular part. Epigraph, consisting of an excerpt from the book itself, William Morris's The House of the Wolfings
Don Juan by Lord Byron (1824), an example of a "mock" epic in that it parodies the epic style of the author's predecessors [12] Camões by Almeida Garrett (1825), narrating the last years and deeds of Luís de Camões; Dona Branca by Almeida Garrett (1826), the fantastic tale of the forbidden love between Portuguese princess Branca and Moorish ...
The first "Star" epigram, to Aster, a youth with whom Plato studied astronomy (according to Aristippus as quoted by Diogenes Laërtius). Maurice Bowra thought it authentic, [4] writing "the poems quoted are so good that they cannot be the work of a forger." Denys Page argued Aster was not a real person, [5] and that the epigrams were probably ...
The earliest known dateable anthology of epigrams is the Attic Epigrams collected by Philochorus in the late fourth century BC. This, and the second-century collection of Theban epigrams collected by Aristodemus of Thebes , were collected on a geographical basis, and were perhaps largely or entirely made up of epigrams found in local ...
Epigram Of smart pretty Fellows,' &c. "Of smart pretty Fellows in Bristol are numbers, some" Unknown 1912 Epigram On Deputy —— "By many a booby's vengeance bit" Unknown 1798, January 2 Epigram To be ruled like a Frenchman,' &c. "To be ruled like a Frenchman the Briton is loth," 1798 1912 Epigram On Mr. Ross, usually Cognominated Nosy
Epigrams, brief, forceful poems originally written on stone and on votive offerings, were already established as a form of literature by the 3rd century BC. [11] Callimachus wrote at least 60 individual epigrams on a wide range of topics. While some of them are dedicatory or sepulchral, others touch on erotic and purely literary themes. [12]
Head colds and cold writing: Publius Sestius: Catullus 44 Latin and English: 45: Latin English: Acmen Septimius suos amores: hendecasyllabic: 26: Friends: Over-the-top love poem: Catullus 45 in Latin and English: 46: Latin English: Iam ver egelidos refert tepores: hendecasyllabic: 11: Miscellaneous: the springtime urge to wander: His friends ...