Tyler's writing style has been described as terse, epigrammatic epiphanies. Important points were often summed up via pithy epigrammatic statements ("sententiae"). That was in contrast to the epigrammatic couplet of Alexander Pope. The simple style is at times both colloquial and epigrammatic. So from both parents Claflin derived the ability to speak with clearness and epigrammatic force. It aims less at clarity and vividness than at epigrammatic point. The notion of half-truths has existed in various cultures, giving rise to several epigrammatic sayings. Besides the stories, the characters also quote various epigrammatic verses to make their point. In his final years he passed the time writing epigrammatic verses. These epigrammatic verses and their anthologies are also referred to as "Subhashitavali" or "Subhashitani".