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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread poetic forms #28049 05/01/01 01:08 PM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1 S szecburns OP stranger OP szecburns stranger S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1 What is the word for the poetic form where a name or word is used vertically; the first word of each line begins with each subsequent letter of the word?/ ie. Reach right Each night Aim in flight Cheers delight Home tonight. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: poetic forms #28050 05/02/01 01:56 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A welcome a-Board, szecburns I suppose that would be an acrostic, but more specifically i think it's called an acrophonic poem. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,020 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 351 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 10 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,973 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,958 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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