ENGL 345 Lecture Notes - Chiasmus, Enjambment, Dorothy Livesay
5 Dec 2012
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Short, witty poem, only about 8 lines. Force of an epigram lies in its conclusion. All of the examples are in the book. Bugs: 8 lines > you think it"s about nature and such, but it"s about killing bugs. There are various themes. there are two forms these can take: epigraphs of epitaphs. Epigraph = on a building, short, witty thing to help you remember things. Epitaphs = robert finch"s from four epigrams. There is not characteristic repetition, but it is a possible tool. Chiasmus in the final line (where you invert things, but it"s not a precise reversal) There was both literal and figurative burning, as they were burned at the stake. The last lines carries the whammy of the epigram: it holds the meaning of the whole poem. Dorothy livesay = some of them really aren"t all that funny.
