Scarlet Letter
Acrostic Poem Assignment
Write as many acrostic poems as you can from the following list of items.
The poem must reflect the meaning of the phrase in relation to the novel:
5 points
rosebush
Hester
Prison
scaffold
forest
scarlet “A”
Pearl
freedom
10 points
Dimmesdale
Chillingworth
needlework
Hawthorne
Puritanism
prison door
twelve oclock
15 points
Transcendentalism
Governor’s Hall
Massachusetts
Mistress Hibbins
Gothic Romance
FOR YOUR POEM TO COUNT, IT MUST BE REFLECTIVE OF THE TERM!
YOU CAN EARN UP TO 30 POINTS!
Here are some examples:
Has
Achieved
Writing
That
Harbors
Old
Realities
Newly
Evaluated
Place of shame and
Reproachful
Incriminations
Secretly holding
Onto the truth
No one wants to hear
Needful things
Everyone craves
Even though
Denying her
Life and love
Expecting the
Woman to meet
Obligations
Required to
Know her place
Sinful
Creation
A
Red
Letter
Encompassing
Truth
Secret
Condemnation
Amplified
For
Forbidden
Obsession and
Lies,
Dimmesdale