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- not comparableNot in the form of an acrostic.
Both an acrostic argument and a nonacrostic argument are prefixed to some of Plautus's comedies.
1990, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Micklus, The History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club, page 382 more examples
Since Psalms 32 and 49, which are nonacrostic, exceed in length the acrostic Psalm 112, we may infer that their authors consciously chose not to play according to the alphabetic rules of composition.
1974, Jaren J. Jackson, Martin Kessler, Dikran Hadidian, Rhetorical Criticism: Essays in honor of James Muilenburg, page 218Nearly all of his litanies begin with the word gandz, except for nos. 7 (the only acrostic litany without his name), 11 (the only such litany among the acrostic litanies with his name), and 12 (the only nonacrostic litany).
2016, Abraham Terian, The Festal Works of St. Gregory of Narek, page xxxvi
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