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These consist of two Double
Acrostics and two Charades.
No. I. was written at the request of some young friends,
who had gone to a ball at an Oxford Commemoration - and
also as a specimen of what might be done by making the
Double Acrostic A CONNECTED POEM instead of what it has
hitherto been, a string of disjointed stanzas, on every
conceivable subject, and about as interesting to read
straight through as a page of a Cyclopaedia. The first
two stanzas describe the two main words, and each
subsequent stanza one of the cross "lights."
No. II. was written after seeing Miss Ellen Terry
perform in the play of "Hamlet." In this case the first
stanza describes the two main words.
No. III. was written after seeing Miss Marion Terry
perform in Mr. Gilbert's play of "Pygmalion and
Galatea." The three stanzas respectively describe "My
First," "My Second," and "My Whole."] |
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