<P> An acrostic is a poem ( or other form of writing ) 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 acrostiche from post-classical Latin acrostichis , from Koine Greek ἀκροστιχίς , from Ancient Greek ἄκρος `` highest , topmost '' and στίχος `` verse '' ) . As a form of constrained writing , an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aid memory retrieval . </P>
<P> An acrostic is a poem ( or other form of writing ) 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 acrostiche from post-classical Latin acrostichis , from Koine Greek ἀκροστιχίς , from Ancient Greek ἄκρος `` highest , topmost '' and στίχος `` verse '' ) . As a form of constrained writing , an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aid memory retrieval . </P>
using the letters of a word to make a poem
using the letters of a word to make a poem
acrostic
acrostic