- David, etc.). In chronicles,
acrostics are
common in
German and
English but rare in
other languages.
Relatively simple acrostics may
merely spell out the...
- "Double Cross"
acrostics have
appeared in
GAMES and
GAMES World of
Puzzles since 1978.
Writer and
academic Isaac Asimov enjo****
acrostics,
comparing them...
- An
acrostic ring is a
Victorian romantic 19th
century ring in
which the
initials of the
precious stones mounted on the band
spell out a word such as dearest...
-
fewer attempt to
capture both. The
first four
chapters are
written as
acrostics.
Chapters 1, 2, and 4 each have 22 verses,
corresponding to the 22 letters...
- po****rity
seemingly arose from the Gr**** word
ichthys (fish)
forming an
acrostic for the Gr****
phrase Iesous Christos Theou Yios
Soter (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός,...
- and
picked up
various aspects of his poetry.
Milton used a
number of
acrostics in the poem. In Book 9, a
verse describing the
serpent which tempted Eve...
-
which the
answers for the
clues fit).
Hidden or
otherwise unmentioned acrostics are a type of null cipher. This
method can be used to
secretly insult...
- and small. Unconvinced, the
narrator ridicules Cynthia's
searches for
acrostics, and
playfully criticizes her
party guests, to
which Cynthia fiercely...
- by an
acrostic,
generally the so
called "gamma
acrostic"
where the same word or
phrase can be read
across and down.
Scholars looking for
acrostics in Eclogue...
- to
reveal "Hofstadter's
Contracrostipunctus Acrostically Backwards Spells J. S. Bach". The
second acrostic is
found by
taking the
first letters of the...
