Monday, March 22, 2010

Word of the Week!

Epigram: any terse, witty or pointed saying.

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. :]

2 comments:

  1. beauty when unadorned is most adorned.
    is this right?

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  2. Alex,

    That 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."

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