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apothegmatic

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See: compact, pithy, sententious
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A poem reduced to catchphrases flaunts its apothegmatic ornaments but goes afoul of itself when the whole poem wishes to have its say.
The place of poetry by Yezzi, David / New Criterion
The quick phrase, apothegmatic, works in French; in English it misfires because it is unidiomatic.
Howard's rendering by Greenberg, Martin / New Criterion
 
 
 
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