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Acrostic (Greek, akros, a tip, extremity; stichos, a line, row), poem or similar composition in which the first letter of each line, taken in...

Lamentations consists of five poems written after the fall of Judah and the destruction by the Babylonians of the first Temple. Scholars believe that...

Acrostics take the first letter from the first word in each line of a verse or group of words to form another word. A double acrostic also uses the...

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- written lines containing word: a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which a combination of letters from each line spells a word or phrase

	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Acrostic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An acrostic (from the late Greek akróstichon, from ákros, "top", and stíchos, "verse") is a poem or other form of writing in an alphabetic script, in which the first letter ... Acrostic Acrostic Poetry [Jason Chang, 1999] Acrostic poetry is a form of short verse constructed so that the initial letters of each line taken consecutively form words. acrostic definition \| Dictionary.com Copy & paste this link to your blog or website to reference this page See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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