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acrostic

[uh-kraw-stik, uh-kros-tik] / əˈkrɔ stɪk, əˈkrɒs tɪk /


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The poem employs the form of a double acrostic - meaning the first letter of each line spells out Elizabeth when taken together.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022

The music is based on an acrostic poem the choreographer George Balanchine wrote in 1946 as a birthday present for the composer Igor Stravinsky.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

Times fan and acrostic enthusiast, consider this booklet of more than 80 crossword puzzles in a range of difficulties.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

The Empress saw that acrostic sonnet as one of the “poems of the week” on the website of the journal Light and ding!

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

I am done writing this darn acrostic poem.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor