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47. Acrostics.

The acrostic is a short poem in which the first letters of each line, read collectively, form a name, word, or sentence. The word comes from the Greek _akros_, extreme, and _stichos_, order or line. The acrostic was formerly in vogue for valentine and love verses. When employed as a riddle it is called a _Rebus_, which see. [AS A MAN LIVES, SO SHALL HE DIE.]