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The abecedarius is most probably the oldest type of acrostic. [8] Its origins have been linked to either the sacred nature of letters and the mystical significance of these types of arrangements [8] [2] [3] or its didactic use as a mnemonic and instructive device for children. [2]
"Alphabet" is a book-length poem following the tradition of Abecedarian poems, in which each line begins with the next letter of the alphabet sequentially from A through Z. Each of the poem's fourteen sections [3] of the poem is tied to a letter of the alphabet and the number of lines found in each section is dictated by the Fibonacci sequence ...
Relatively simple acrostics may merely spell out the letters of the alphabet in order; such an acrostic may be called an 'alphabetical acrostic' or abecedarius.These acrostics occur in the Hebrew Bible in the first four of the five chapters of the Book of Lamentations, in the praise of the good wife in Proverbs 31:10-31, and in Psalms 9-10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112, 119 and 145. [4]
Psalm 119 is one of about a dozen alphabetic acrostic poems in the Bible. Its 176 verses are divided into twenty-two stanzas, one stanza for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet; within each stanza, each of the eight verses begins (in Hebrew) with that letter. [18] The name of God (Yahweh/Jehovah) appears twenty-four times.
The poem is written in alphabetical acrostic verse. It has been described as "in effect, a pagan lament over a fallen hero." [2] In the elegy, the author shows a familiarity with Greek mythology and the Homeric epic. [3] In van Lint's view, the work represents a merging of the oral and written traditions of Armenian poetry. [1]
The Rythmus de captivitate Ludovici imperatoris ("Poem on the Captivity of Emperor Louis") is a short alphabetic acrostic poem in Middle Latin lamenting the capture of Louis II, King of Italy and Emperor of the Romans, on 15 August 871. The poem is preserved in a ninth-century manuscript, Veronensis XC (85). [1]
he tales were scrubbed further and the Disney princesses -- frail yet occasionally headstrong, whenever the trait could be framed as appealing — were born. In 1937, . Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" was released to critical acclaim, paving the way for future on-screen adaptations of classic tales.
An unpublished 9-line poem written circa 1829 for Poe's cousin Elizabeth Rebecca Herring (the acrostic is her first name, spelled out by the first letter of each line). It was never published in Poe's lifetime.