acrostic
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Acróstico means acrostic, and the first letters of the five-line verses for Shakira’s new song spell out the names of her sons, Milan and Sasha.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
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 Empress saw that acrostic sonnet as one of the “poems of the week” on the website of the journal Light and ding!
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020
As someone who doesn’t start his day with a crossword or, heaven forbid, an acrostic, I felt as though I had wandered into a tribe of idle eggheads.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020
She assigns us to write an acrostic of our names, which is a poem where, for each letter of your name, you describe yourself with a word or phrase that starts with that letter.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Vocabulary lists containing acrostic
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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