I need to know the name of the type of poetry where you take a word and write it vertically down the page and each line begins with a letter from that word. Such as:
Cute and cuddly
A mouser extrodinaire
Tiger is her muse.
Which has CAT as the base word. What type of poetry is it?
2007-10-31 03:33:18 · 4 answers · asked by moira77 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
The use of a word or phrase spelled out by the first letters of each line make the poem acrostic. If you pronounce "cuddly" with three syllables, it also doubles as a haiku in this case.
2007-10-31 03:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
An acrostic poem
2007-10-31 10:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This type of poem is called an anacrostic, or sometimes acrostic.
2007-10-31 10:44:40 · answer #3 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It looks like a haiku.
2007-10-31 10:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by saracatheryn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋