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acrostic

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The work commences with a long poem, an acrostic on the author's name. en.wikipedia.org

She clearly enjoys playing with structureshe has written sonnets, acrostics, sestinas, and villanellesas well as language; her pieces are filled with puns, one-liners, and a multiplicity of metaphors. en.wikipedia.org

It was intended to be used in versification, in which acrostics and rime were the chief requisites. en.wikipedia.org

In the style of an acrostic puzzle, these four words provided the first letters for a system of twenty-five anagrams... en.wikipedia.org

It is similar to an acrostic, but with the vertical phrase intersecting the middle of the line, as opposed to beginning each new line. en.wikipedia.org

After harvesting and winnowing the grain, students write an acrostic poem using the letters of the word amaranth. en.wikipedia.org

It consists of 15 sonnets and is enriched with acrostic in the concluding sonnet. en.wikipedia.org

Many of his poems are sonnets, albeit often with a modern twist, and he occasionally made use of the blues form and acrostics. en.wikipedia.org

However, acrostics may also be used as a form of steganography, where the author seeks to conceal the message rather than proclaim it. en.wikipedia.org

Often the ease of detectability of an acrostic can depend on the intention of its creator. en.wikipedia.org

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