Acrostic Poetry by Michael Croland

Acrostic Poetry by Michael Croland

It's a poetic party on paper for Word Nerds like me, and a must-read for devotees of the form. --Brian P. Cleary, author of>Bow-Tie Pasta: Acrostic Poems

This outstanding anthology, the first of its kind, presents more than 80 acrostics--a storied poetic form that dates back to ancient times. In standard acrostics, the initial letters of successive lines spell out words when read vertically.
This unique compilation features Lewis Carroll's verse about the namesake of his Alice character, Edgar Allan Poe's sonnet with a name arranged diagonally, Edward Lear's humorous alphabet poem, and a forty-stanza poem spelling out the Lord's Prayer. Informative chapter introductions explore acrostic legends, including Sir John Davies, who began the tradition of using the form to praise someone's name with acrostics about Queen Elizabeth I, and George Moses Horton, an African American slave who peddled produce and poems before he learned to write.

Croland, Michael: - Michael Croland has written about Jews and punk for the Forward, New Voices, and his former blog, heebnvegan.

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ISBN 13	9780486850429
ISBN 10	0486850420
Title	Acrostic Poetry
Author	Michael Croland
Series	Thrift Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2023-10-27
Number of pages	96
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