Palindromes, Poems, and Geometric form.

Ranta, Jerrald

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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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