Question

What is the concept of true wit and false wit according to Addison ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Addison then defines true wit as resemblance of ideas while false wit as resemblance of single letters (as in anagrams, chronograms, lipograms, acrostics), sometimes of syllables (echo-poems, doggerel rhymes), sometimes of words (puns, quibbles), and sometimes of whole sentences or poems (picture-poems), and proceeds .

Answer 2

Explanation:

Joseph Addison defines 'true' wit as involving the resemblance of ideas (my mistress' breast is as white as snow--and as cold, too) and 'false' wit as operating on the resemblance of letters, syllables, words, or sentences (as in anagrams, doggerel rhyme, puns, or concrete poetry).