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ERIC Number: EJ105708
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Palindromes, Poems, and Geometric form
Ranta, Jerrald
College English, 36, 2, 161-72, Oct 74
The palindromic pattern--in which formal features in the first half of a work are repeated in reverse order in the second--is frequently used by modern poets for a variety of effects. (JH)
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Ideography, Language Patterns, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Poetry, Structural Analysis, Writing (Composition)
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Identifiers: Palindromes