acrostic
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In the latter book there is an acrostical arrangement, each stanza beginning in the original text with a letter of the He´brew alphabet, and arranged in their order.
From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
In proof of his subdued quality, however, under the acrostical tyranny, I quote two little unpublished specimens addressed to the Misses Locke, whom he had never seen.
From Charles Lamb by Cornwall, Barry
The book closes with an acrostical poem---twenty-two verses beginning with the Hebrew letters in the order of the alphabet--upon "The Virtuous Woman."
From Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People by Gladden, Washington
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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