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The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll.It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem.Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
An unpublished 9-line poem written circa 1829 for Poe's cousin Elizabeth Rebecca Herring (the acrostic is her first name, spelled out by the first letter of each line).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.
An 1850 acrostic by Nathaniel Dearborn, the first letter of each line spelling the name "JENNY LIND". An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. [1]
Charity Bryant (May 22, 1777 [1] – October 6, 1851 [2]) was an American business owner and writer.She was a diarist and wrote acrostic poetry. [3] Because there is extensive documentation for the shared lives of Bryant and her partner Sylvia Drake, their diaries, letters and business papers have become an important part of the archive in documenting the history of same-sex couples.
The fifth poem, corresponding to the fifth chapter, is not acrostic but still has 22 lines. [ 3 ] Although some claim that purpose or function of the acrostic form is unknown, [ 7 ] it is frequently thought that a complete alphabetical order expresses a principle of completeness, from alef (first letter) to tav (22nd letter); the English ...
An acrostic poem praising prince "Adalstan", and prophesying a great future for him, has been interpreted by Lapidge as referring to the young Æthelstan, punning on the Old English meaning of his name, "noble stone". [21] Lapidge and Wood see the poem as a commemoration of Alfred's ceremony by one of his leading scholars, John the Old Saxon. [22]
She says in the moment her uncle, Trey Gann, couldn't stop laughing and had to cover his laughs with coughs, which led her grandma to rub his back and offer him water because she thought he was ...
Among his most notable works during this time are his coverage of the First Quarter Storm protests for the Philippines Free Press magazine, which were compiled into the book Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage in 1982, [3] and the controversial poem "Prometheus Unbound," an acrostic poem through which he managed to trick the publishers of a pro ...