Acrostics

Screenshot showing a square poem by Porfyrius, from The Politics of Interpretation: Language, Philosophy, and Authority in the Carolingian Empire (775-820).
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Are Acrostics Coming Back as a Political Protest Tool?

Pacific Standard traces a history that includes Alice in Wonderland, Sibylline prophecies, and B-E-N-G-H-A-Z-I.