An epigraph is a quotation that introduces a main theme of a work of literature before the work itself begins. The author chooses it and wants the reader to reflect on its meaning and connect it to the text.
In Willa Cather's My Antonia, the epigraph is...
"Optima dies...prima fugit."
(In the lives of mortals)"The best days are the first to flee."
How does it apply to what you've read so far?
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