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 </div><blockquote><p>An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in the poems lines spell out a particular word or phrase, which is oftentimes the title of the poem.</p></blockquote>
<p>They are fun to write and the common type is where the first letters of each line of a poem spell out a word or phrase.</p>
<p>Personally, I find it useful when writing poems for friends on occasions like birthdays.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>A</strong>crostics are playful<br>
<strong>c</strong>ontrivances of prose or verse<br>
<strong>r</strong>endered so that each line<br>
<strong>o</strong>pens or closes with words in<br>
<strong>s</strong>equence to read from<br>
<strong>t</strong>op to bottom, their<br>
<strong>i</strong>nitial or final letters<br>
<strong>c</strong>onstituting a word or phrase.<br>
— Ned Halley, Dictionary of Modern English Grammar. Wordsworth, 2005</p></blockquote>
<p>Though the typical acrostic uses the first letters of a line are used to spell the message, the words formed can appear anywhere:</p>
<ol>
<li>At the beginning of lines</li>
<li>At the end of lines</li>
<li>In the middle of the lines</li>
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<p><strong>Examples</strong><br>
—FEAR<br>
Frightening<br>
Eerie and strange<br>
Anxiety rises<br>
Ready to flee</p>
<p><strong>— Tijjani Muhammad Musa ‘HONEY’ (first letter word)</strong><br>
Howsoever I may wish to come<br>
Over to your heart for comfort<br>
Never will I be fulfilled, until I can<br>
Enter into your smile, upon which<br>
Yesterday gave birth to our love today.</p>
<p><strong>—POEM (internal word)</strong><br>
Pick uP a pen<br>
Think of a tOpic<br>
Be crEative<br>
Use your iMagination</p>
<p><strong>—STAR</strong><br>
Shines and twinkleS<br>
In the nighT<br>
There is a plethorA<br>
Forever and eveR</p>
<p><strong>Examples from the Greats:</strong></p>
<p><strong>— Edgar Allan Poe ‘ELIZABETH’</strong><br>
Elizabeth it is in vain you say<br>
“Love not” — thou sayest it in so sweet a way:<br>
In vain those words from thee or L. E. L.<br>
Zantippe’s talents had enforced so well:<br>
Ah! if that language from thy heart arise,<br>
Breathe it less gently forth — and veil thine eyes.<br>
Endymion, recollect, when Luna tried<br>
To cure his love — was cured of all beside —<br>
His folly — pride — and passion — for he died.</p>
<p><strong>— John Keats ‘KEATS’</strong><br>
Kind sister! aye, this third name says you are;<br>
Enchanted has it been the Lord knows where;<br>
And may it taste to you like good old wine,<br>
Take you to real happiness and give<br>
Sons, daughters and a home like honied hive.</p>
<blockquote><p>Can you try to write a poem with your name and submit as a comment here?</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Written with help from:</strong><br>
<a href="https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-acrostic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Young Writers</a><br>
<a href="http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/acrosticterm.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grammar.About.Com</a><br>
<a href="http://examples.yourdictionary.com/acrostic-poem-examples.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YourDictionary.com</a></p>
 
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