acrostic
Example Sentences
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It could be free verse, an ode or an acrostic, to name a few types of poetry.
From Washington Post
You learn about the origins of jigsaw puzzles, acrostics and Archimedes boxes.
From Washington Post
You may recognize the concept from Lewis Carroll’s acrostic poems for Alice, in which the first letter of each line spells out her name, or even from the Hebrew bible.
From New York Times
In November, he tweeted an acrostic that spelled out the phrase “Epstein didn’t kill himself.”
From Salon
“It’s an American acrostic of otherwise ordinary places that have been caught in the crosshairs of gun violence.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
