Acrostic
WRITING IN WHICH THE FIRST LETTER, SYLLABLE OR WORD OF EACH LINE, PARAGRAPH OR OTHER RECURRING FEATURE IN THE TEXT SPELLS OUT A WORD OR A MESSAGE
Acrostic poem; Acrostics; Pruntiform; Mesostich; Alphabetic Psalms; Psalms, Alphabetic; Acrostic poetry; Telestich; Acrostich
An acrostic is a poem or other composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. The word comes from the French from post-classical Latin , from Koine Greek , from Ancient Greek "highest, topmost" and "verse".