Acrostic

"An Acrostic" By Edgar Allan Poe Elizabeth it is in vain you say "Love not" — thou sayest it in so sweet a way: In vain those words from thee or L.E.L. Zantippe's talents had enforced so well: Ah! if that language from thy heart arise, Breath it less gently forth — and veil thine eyes. Endymion, recollect, when Luna tried To cure his love — was cured of all beside — His follie — pride — and passion — for he died.

Poe was born on January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor Edgar Allan Poe's tales of mystery and horror initiated the modern detective story, and the atmosphere in his tales of horror is unrivaled in American fiction. His poem The Raven was the best-known poems in national literature.

 
An acrostic poem is a series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence. It is acrostic because all of the lines relate or describe the word.

In the poem he talks about, Elizabeth, a young lady loves not loving him back. When she says "love not" she say it almost in a sarcastic way in which Poe feels offended. He then goes to talk about a handsome 'king', Endymion, who tried to cure his love and passionless relationship, but ended up dying.

 

I chose a broken heart trying to mended back together. I chose this picture because it shows how Poe and Endymion both tried to fix something that was not working out

 http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160
http://allpoetry.com/poem/8448393-An-Acrostic-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acrostic