Double acrostic¶
double_acrostic · letter · validated
A text whose first and last letters each spell out a word when read down the lines, so the poem is bounded by two hidden strings.
Provenance¶
- Source: Traditional; described in the Renaissance rhetorical handbooks
- Attribution:
traditional— classical or folk; no single origin to name - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,fold_diacritics - Deterministic: yes
- Also known as: acrostic-telestich
Prompt hint¶
Write lines whose initials spell one word and whose final letters spell another.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
first |
string | — |
What the line initials must spell. |
fold_diacritics |
boolean | True |
Treat accented letters as their base letter, and ß as ss. |
last |
string | — |
What the line final letters must spell. |
Examples¶
both-margins¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
Apple
Berry
Parameters: first='ab', last='ey'
Source: constructed example
wrong-final¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Apple
Berra
Parameters: first='ab', last='ey'
Source: constructed counterexample