Fun With Acrostics
I have a bit of a weakness for acrostics. Formally, you can't really get much more intentional than an acrostic. This is the first accidental acrostic--and oh, what a place for it!--I've ever seen. Thanks to Franklin Carter for pointing it out on a discussion thread at Bookninja.
2 comments:
I don't think it was accidental. The wife and his mistriss bought it together, legend has it. It was only when the engraver was done that he realized why they'd bought it together.
Well, that'll learn me to scroll down. The story's good, but I'm disappointed to find out that it was intentional. The poem's so cheesy, I wanted it to be an accidental irony. Maybe because that's something I like to do with acrostics...
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