The epigram, as a small-scale poetical work on the margins of the generic spectrum of lyric poetry, in the early modern period became the classic format for the concise evocation and analysis of experiences. According to its original meaning, the epigram in Greco-Roman Antiquity was “inscribed” (Greek epígramma) on tombstones or votive gifts. The book epigram recalls this only as its foundation myth, imitating the brevity of such inscriptions in the abbreviated…