There are poems and stories written in anecdotal forms. Some are the ones presented by contemporary poets touch upon the urban-rural life . 'Anecdotes are accounts of their own life , while they lived through the times etched forever in their memory' - Samarth Singh Ashiya. Etymology The word anecdote (in Greek: ἀνέκδοτον "unpublished", literally "not given out") comes from Procopius of Caesarea, the biographer of Justinian I, who produced a work entitled (Anekdota, variously translated as Unpublished Memoirs or Secret History), which is primarily a collection of short incidents from the private life of the Byzantine court. Gradually, the term "anecdote" came to be appliedIts first appearance in English is of 1676 (OED). to any short tale used to emphasize or illustrate whatever point the author wished to make. In the context of Greek, Estonian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian and Russian humor, an anecdote refers to any short humorous story without the need of factual or biographical origins. URL "anecdote" at Wiktionary . .
 Etymology The word anecdote (in Greek: ἀνέκδοτον "unpublished", literally "not given out") comes from Procopius of Caesarea, the biographer of Justinian I, who produced a work entitled (Anekdota, variously translated as Unpublished Memoirs or Secret History), which is primarily a collection of short incidents from the private life of the Byzantine court. Gradually, the term "anecdote" came to be appliedIts first appearance in English is of 1676 (OED). to any short tale used to emphasize or illustrate whatever point the author wished to make. In the context of Greek, Estonian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian and Russian humor, an anecdote refers to any short humorous story without the need of factual or biographical origins. External links "anecdote" at Wiktionary . .
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There are poems and stories written in anecdotal forms. Some are the ones presented by contemporary poets touch upon the urban-rural life . 'Anecdotes are accounts of their own life , while they lived through the times etched forever in their memory' - Samarth Singh Ashiya.
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