acrosticism
Related to acrosticism: double acrostics
acrosticism
the art or skill of writing a poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with letters of the alphabet in regular order or one in which the first, middle, or final letters of the line spell a word or a phrase. — acrostic, n., adj.
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