acrostic
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The London Sinfonietta's programme includes Acrostic Wordplay, while the BBC Symphony Orchestra's concert includes Chin's Violin Concerto, as well as the British premiere of Su, a concerto for Chinese reed instrument the sheng.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011
August 14 Acrostic Around the Arc de Triomphe An acrostic that Roald Dahl novel made into a 1996 movie.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2010
Charades:—146, 216, 232, 248, 296, 344, 440, 584, 696; Decapitated Charade, 328; Double Acrostic Charade, 472.
From Harper's Young People, 1880 Index An Illustrated Weekly by Various
An Acrostic Sarah, blest wife of "Terah's faithful Son," After a race of years with goodness run, Regardless heard the promised miracle, And mocked the blessing as impossible.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Lamb, Mary
Acrostic, a-krō′stik, n. a poem of which, if the first or the last letter of each line be taken in succession, they will spell a name or a sentence.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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