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Monday, November 8, 2010

Acrostics

 An acrostic is a poem written where the first letter of each line put together spells a word. The poem also tells something about the word thus made out.

An example:
In the grass or underground
Now and then they fly around
Slugs and worms and butterflies.
Each has its own shape and size.
Caterpillar, gnats, a bee
Take them all away from me!

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