Tuesday 15 November 2011

Bathos

BATHOS
[bey-thos, -thaws, -thohs]

-noun
1. a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.
2. insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
3. triteness or triviality in style.



Too often is funeral art
Rife with bathos.
Angels still delight.

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