0 a text, usually a poem, in which particular letters, such as the first letters of each line, spell a word or phrase --
Many of his poems are sonnets, albeit often with a modern twist, and he occasionally made use of the blues form and acrostics.
As was common at the time, the song is also an acrostic, with the first letter of the first eight stanzas spelling the author's name.
It consists of 15 sonnets and is enriched with acrostic in the concluding sonnet.
However, acrostics may also be used as a form of steganography, where the author seeks to conceal the message rather than proclaim it.
Often the ease of detectability of an acrostic can depend on the intention of its creator.
The first letters of each of the stanzas form an acrostic, which frequently includes the name of the poet.
She composed two acrostic poems of advice for her young children.
He took up poetry at a very young age and had written many poems and acrostics before he reached his twenties.
