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acrostic

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


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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

In its issue of October 2, 1795, appeared the celebrated diplomat's Acrostic.

From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Note the Acrostic "Villon" in the first letters of the first six lines.

From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire

Acrostic         Divided praise, Lady, to you we owe,         Of all the health your husband doth bestow,         Respected wife of skilful Asbury!

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays by Lamb, Mary



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