acrostic

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

We love a good sonnet, acrostic or villanelle.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 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

I am done writing this darn acrostic poem.

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

I have often thought of those double acrostics, their letters tossed through the air like shuttlecocks, in trying to understand how Mr. Sondheim managed to do what he did.

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

Scholars have found what appear to be other “Paradise Lost” acrostics, including one discovered in 1977.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2019

Printed vertically, they’d be called acrostics; horizontally, they’re often called backronyms.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2016

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