Palindrome

A palindrome is a word, phrase, line, or even longer passage that reads the same backward as forward when spacing and punctuation are ignored. Poets and writers use palindromes for sound play, symmetry, and technical ingenuity.

In verse, a palindrome may appear as a single mirrored line or as a larger palindromic poem built around the same forward-and-backward pattern.

Example

Step on no pets

Or:

Madam, I'm Adam.

Related Definitions

[n] a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

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