by Coleridge · Cluster: Satire of Society · Epigram · Satire
Abstract
A pointed epigram: a lady said to be secret as the grave is really a grave with a tombstone that tells all; satire of feigned discretion using the imagery of the grave.
Connections
Motifs: Grave Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Appearance vs Reality Forms & Genres: Epigram
Testo integrale / Full text
‘She’s secret as the grave, allow!’
‘I do; I cannot doubt it.
But ‘tis a grave with tombstone on,
That tells you all about it.’
First published in The Courier, Jan. 3, 1814. Included in Essays,
&c., iii. 986. Now collected for the first time.