- An
acrostic is a poem or
other word
composition in
which the
first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or
other recurring feature...
- An
acrostic ring is a ring on
which the
initials of the
precious stones on the band
spell out a word in an
acrostic style. In some cases,
paste gems were...
- An
acrostic is a type of word puzzle,
related somewhat to
crossword puzzles, that uses an
acrostic form. It
typically consists of two parts. The first...
- to the
fifth chapter, is not
acrostic but
still has 22 lines.
Although some
claim that
purpose or
function of the
acrostic form is unknown, it is frequently...
- to
reveal "Hofstadter's
Contracrostipunctus Acrostically Backwards Spells J. S. Bach". The
second acrostic is
found by
taking the
first letters of the...
-
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, and most
follow some
poetic scheme, such as an
acrostic following the
order of the
Hebrew alphabet or
spelling out the name of...
-
dedicated to her, and
opens with a poem that uses her name as a
double acrostic.
Carroll first became friends with
Gertrude in 1875, when she was aged...
- Troy
would be destro**** and that
Homer would write falsehoods. The term
acrostic has been
applied to the
prophecies of the
Erythraean Sibyl,
which were...
- by an
acrostic,
generally the so
called "gamma
acrostic"
where the same word or
phrase can be read
across and down.
Scholars looking for
acrostics in Eclogue...
-
normal Shabbat, the
order of the
prayers corresponds to the
acrostic יבנ"ה Yavneh. This
acrostic consists of the
initials Yayin (wine),
Besamim (****es),...
