epigram (n.)
- abridgment
- adage
- alba
- ana
- analects
- aphorism
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- axiom
- ballad
- ballade
- bucolic
- byword
- catchword
- clerihew
- conceit
- crack
- dictate
- dictum
- dirge
- distich
- dithyramb
- eclogue
- elegy
- epic
- epithalamium
- epos
- expression
- gibe
- gnome
- haiku
- idyll
- jingle
- limerick
- lyric
- madrigal
- maxim
- monody
- moral
- mot
- motto
- ode
- oracle
- paronomasia
- pastoral
- persiflage
- phrase
- pleasantry
- poem
- precept
- prescript
- prothalamium
- proverb
- proverbs
- pun
- quip
- repartee
- retort
- rhyme
- riposte
- rondeau
- rondel
- roundel
- roundelay
- sally
- satire
- saw
- saying
- scintillation
- sentence
- song
- sonnet
- sutra
- tanka
- teaching
- text
- threnody
- verse
- versicle
- wisdom
- wisecrack
- witticism
- word