- 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 is a type of word puzzle,
related somewhat to
crossword puzzles, that uses an
acrostic form. It
typically consists of two parts. The first...
- 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...
- 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...
- po****rity
seemingly arose from the Gr**** word
ichthys (fish)
forming an
acrostic for the Gr****
phrase Iesous Christos Theou Yios
Soter (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός,...
- was
composed in the
thirteenth century by a poet only
known through the
acrostic found in the
first letters of the
original five
stanzas of the song: Mordechai...
-
first letters of the titles, from last to first,
appear to form a
Latin acrostic, Ero cras,
meaning 'Tomorrow, I will be [there]',
mirroring the
theme of...
-
Canons of Dort. The
acrostic was used by
Cleland Boyd
McAfee as
early as
circa 1905. An
early printed appearance of the
acrostic can be
found in Loraine...
- very name of
Sybil hints at the
trick of the
final paragraph, as the word
acrostic was
first applied to the
prophecies of the
Erythraean Sibyl,
which were...
