example:
She knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing.
- Gandhi was well know for some of his epigrams for example:
"Forgiveness adorns a soldier."
- An epigram can also be a short poem with the same characteristics.
Candy is dandy,
But liquor
Is quicker.
Ogden Nash (Poets.org)
Alright guys lets see what kind of epigrams we can come up with. :]
beauty when unadorned is most adorned.
ReplyDeleteis this right?
Alex,
ReplyDeleteThat is a great example. What about: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." I know that there is another term for epigram, too. An adage is "an old saying; proverb."