Acrostic Love Poems
Essentially a cryptographic form of poem, an acrostic poem is one in which the first letter of every line forms a particular word, often signifying the theme of the poem or the name of the person subjected to. Its origin dates back to the ancient times of Erithraean Sibyl and later was mainly worked on by Middle Age poets like Geoffrey Chaucer and Giovanni Boccaccio. Acrostic Love poems are some of the most enjoyable and interesting poem types for writing as well as reading.
Later still, William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe during the Elizabethan Age and Sir John Davies, who printed a book of acrostics, Hymns of Astraea during the Renaissance, popularized this form of poetry.
Helping you create verses in a novel, interesting and creative manner, acrostic poems are fun to write and read. Generally concentrating on a specific topic, it evokes your imagination, stir up your creativity to churn out these cryptic poems and have people decode them. The acrostic love poems essentially focus on the theme of love and it is really fun writing about your beloved in such an enigmatic way as this. Adding a rhythmic structure to a tale with the help of acrostics allows you to understand and remember.
Acrostic poems of love bring the reader into a nice learning process. Your lover will find it extremely interesting deciphering the embedded codes them. Since they comprise a collection of phrases, of which the first letter of each taken together forms a specific word or phrase, an acrostic love poem can run as a quartet, with the first letter of each line beginning with 'L', 'O', 'V' and 'E' respectively. It will spell romance, naughtiness and intelligence for both you and your sweetheart.
In ancient times there was a rage penning acrostic poems with names of secret lovers hidden in them, so that the world remained unaware of the out-of-the-way or extra marital relationships. A nice way to cover up for all your secret liaisons, the acrostic love poems help you express your indomitable passion within while keeping it from being public.
Modern day soul mates prefer exchanging fun poems more than the classical ones. Young people mostly in their teens, like to share such acrostic poems of love among themselves. However, since acrostic poems are not looked upon as 'serious' poetry by experts they are losing out in the race of late.
Some of the famous love poems in acrostics are as follows:
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