Look up: Acrostic

1. Acrostic
   An acrostic is a poem in which the first or last letters of each line, read downwards, form a word or sentence. Double acrostics became very popular in 1867.
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2. Acrostic
   Poem where the first letter of each line spells out a significant word e.g.
   Flat land stretching
   Endlessly be-
   Neath a huge
   Sky.
   The term acrostic derives from the Greek for 'at the tip of the verse'. See also telestich.
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3. acrostic
   [n] - verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
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4. Acrostic
   a poetic form which is organised by the initial letters of a key word, either at the beginning of lines, or with lines arranged around them: Whistling wildly Blowing In a rain Northern round Direction. and round.
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5. Acrostic
   A·cros"tic noun [ Greek ...; ... extreme + ... order, line, verse.] 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. 2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian . D …
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6. Acrostic
   An `acrostic` (from the late Greek `akróstichon`, from `ákros`, `top`, and `stíchos`, `verse`) is a poem or other writing in an alphabetic script, in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out another message. A form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aide memory retrieval.
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7. Acrostic
   An `acrostic` (from the late Greek `akróstichon`, from `ákros`, `top`, and `stíchos`, `verse`) is a poem or other writing in an alphabetic script, in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out another message. A form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aide memory retrieval.
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8. Acrostic
   • (n.) A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. • (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. • (n.) Alt. of Acrost...
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9. acrostic
   short verse composition, so constructed that the initial letters of the lines, taken consecutively, form words. The term is derived from the Greek ...
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10. acrostic
    acrostic, acrostical, acrostichic 1. A number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which particular letters, e.g., the first, in each line spell a word or phrase. 2. A short poem (or other composition) in which the initial letters of the lines, taken in order, spell a word, phrase, or sentence. Sometimes the last or middle letters of the lines, or all of them...
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11. acrostic
    a word, phrase, or passage spelled out vertically by the first letters of a group of lines in sequence. Sir John Davies' Hymnes of Astraea dedicates 26 acrostic poems to Elizabeth I. Edgar Allan Poe's "Enigma" provides another example. Samuel Johnson's great dictionary (1755) quotes John Dryden: Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some ...
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