An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter of each new line spells out a word, message or the alphabet. The term comes from the French acrostiche from post-classical Lat
Acrostic poem on a tombstone in Kilfane Church, Ireland
A Sator square (in SATOR-form), on a wall in the medieval fortress town of Oppède-le-Vieux, France
Triple Acrostic by Thomas Browne
Psalm 10 is the tenth psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?" In the Greek Septu
End of Psalm 10 in the 9th-century Elzevir Bible