As Fyler points out, Milton’s use of acrostics builds on precedents set by prior literary luminaries: Vergil hid a reference to “MARS,” the Roman god ... acrostic distills the entire poem ...

The hidden message is an acrostic, meaning a missive ... Satan was an angel who rebelled against God.) Acrostics aren't unusual in epic poetry. Milton — who was blind when he authored most ...

Go Away,” “Good God?,” “A Coitus Among Us,” and the intriguingly titled “Destiny, An Acrostic Poem Experience by the Author, Ricken Hale.” For the uninitiated, “Severance ...