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Mesostichs

Scope note

Short poems or prose compositions in which text is arranged so that letters other than the first or last in each line form another word, phrase, or motto.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000256195

Broader Terms used

<document genres by form>

Term used for

mesostics

Equivalent Terms used

mesostich

Created

13yrs ago

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