The entire poem is 90 verses long. The first 44 verses of Akdamut are arranged as a double alphabetic acrostic, two lines for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, followed by 46 verses with the initial letters spelling out the words, "Meir, son of Rabbi Isaac, may he grow in Torah and in good deeds.
The poem contains 90 verses. The first 44 verses of Akdamut are arranged as a double alphabetic acrostic, with two lines per Hebrew letter, while the remaining 46 verses spell out "Meir, son of Rabbi Isaac, may he grow in Torah and in good deeds."