折おり句く

noun

acrostic poetry; acrostic

A form of Japanese wordplay where the first (or sometimes last) syllable of each line spells out a hidden word or phrase. Often used in waka and other traditional poetry.

• 折おり句くは和わ歌かの技ぎ巧こうの一ひとつで、各かく句くの頭かしら文も字じを読よむと別べつの言こと葉ばが現あらわれます。

  Acrostic poetry is a technique in waka where reading the first character of each line reveals a hidden word.