epigraph in a writing sample

[mostlytoasty]

Hope this is a quick, easy question to answer. I have a seminar paper that opens with an epigraph. It is super short and my paper is 14 pages long (for English programs). It's obviously relevant but I am just curious to know if it's a frivolous thing to have in a writing sample. this is all it is:

The camera records

visual facts: ie.,

all may be fictions.

W.H. Auden "I am not a Camera"

[balderdash]

I wouldn't cut; it shows style.

But that's just an opinion (from a so-so writer).

Edited November 23, 2010 by balderdash

[Strangefox]

IMHO: in a writing sample it is fine.

If I had a good epigraph in my WS I would probably leave it...

[anonacademic]

I have two, and I'm leaving them in Then again, I discuss both of them extensively throughout my essay (one right away, the other comes in later). If it has nothing to do with anything, I might consider deleting it (if it reads gratuitously).