Notes on Polyacrostic Palimpsests
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Acrostic : Verse in which adjacent letters for a word or message
Polyacrostic : Several acrostics within the same composition
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Acrostics to be found below
Aim to please her 7 times – 3 vertical 4 times diagonal
Amuse in inky plan - twice - vertically .
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Palimpsest : A manuscript on which more than one text is written with earlier writing, or one level of meaning, partially visible.
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The text appears twice here :.
I : plain text - in black
II: Complete acrostic palimpsests highlighted
A Muse in Key Plan
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Ask my plan, the stanzas plain appear.
Miss or discover mirror, cipher print refined.
Unmoved ? Must we submit, fame undermined ?
See this tale has stated stamp, hint clear
Ever on sonnet's head hope offers to cheer
Inset pipes with inner pipes wit spine.
Now swell a smile new, spell an inky line.
Know here we hearken, shared is tale sincere.
Eyes gala avoid wet blabla also. Hear,
Years pass, so play, they pass swift, seek some sign.
Plea on her heart pens once dream design
List light's shelled truth rich he hid here.
"Aim to please her" arms lines entered, see
Neat chart is furnished from all error free.
Aim to please her 7 times – 3 vertical 4 diagonal
Amuse in inky plan - twice - Vertically
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Askmyplanthestanzasplainappear
Missordiscovermirrorcipherprintrefined
Unmovedmustwesubmitfameundermined
Seethistalehasstatedstamphintclear
Everonsonnetsheadhopeofferstocheer
Insetpipeswithinnerpipeswitspine
Nowswellasmilenewspellaninkyline
Knowherewehearkensharedistalesincere
Eyesgalaavoidwetblablaalsohear
Yearspasssoplaytheypassswiftseeksomesign
Pleaonherheartpensoncedreamdesign
Listlightsshelledtruthrichhehidhere
Aimtopleaseherarmslinesenteredsee
Neatchartisfurnishedfromallerrorfree
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© Jonathan Robin polyacrostic palimpsest sonnet written
– first version 26 March 1998
– this version 8 January 2007
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