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<p>218.110.80.138: </p> <hr /> <div>trlioupasbon<br /> An Acrostic poem is one in which the first letter of each line spells out a message. Often this will be the name of a patron, or the solution of a riddle- once [[Giovanni Boccaccio]] wrote an Acrostic that revealed an entire [[Sonnet]].<br /> <br /> An example of an Acrostic would be <br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;ompiler of information<br /> &lt;b&gt;U&lt;/b&gt;ser input driven<br /> &lt;b&gt;N&lt;/b&gt;eat in its notation<br /> &lt;b&gt;N&lt;/b&gt;ews is daily given<br /> &lt;b&gt;A&lt;/b&gt;massing our knowledge<br /> &lt;b&gt;N&lt;/b&gt;otifies our College<br /> <br /> The Acrostic is an ancient form and dates back to at least 1000 BC.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Poetry]]</div>

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