Epigram to Death of the Verse-monger

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Epigram's Ironic Final Judgment

This short epigram delivers a swift, satirical verdict on a deceased figure called Klit. In a few lines the speaker dismisses both the man and his poetry, linking moral failure to artistic worth. The poem’s epigrammatic form compresses insult and judgment into concise, memorable rhymes, so the economy of language intensifies its ironic tone and leaves the reader with a single pointed moral assessment.