Epigram

An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. They are among the best examples of the power of poetry to compress insight and wit.

Poetic epigrams

Samuel Taylor Coleridge said,

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:::What is an Epigram? A dwarfish whole;

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:::Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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:::Little strokes

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:::Fell great oaks.

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::: — Benjamin Franklin

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:::Here lies my wife: here let her lie!

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:::Now she's at rest — and so am I.

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:::— John Dryden

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:::I am His Highness' dog at Kew;

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:::Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

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::: — Alexander Pope

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