acrostic
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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
In Week 1406 we asked for acrostic poems, which vertically spell out a relevant word or name with the first letter of each line.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2020
And if she ever wrote one of those acrostic poems from her name, well, that would be very long.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist — and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist of our time — wanted to talk about double acrostics.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Anglo-Latin riddlers often put their collections together in a very particular order involving elaborate acrostics.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
I do acrostics and logic games and crossword puzzles in pen, and if one of those crosswords is too easy I will cover up all the “Across” clues.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
Scholars have found what appear to be other “Paradise Lost” acrostics, including one discovered in 1977.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2019
While the rest of the class shares their acrostics, I write a new one in the margin of my notebook, shielding it with my arm so no one can see.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Vocabulary lists containing acrostic
Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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