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That was a very nice poem, but these kinds of things are actually not all that hard, if you are willing to play with them long enough. I once wrote a palindrom
by michael_dorfman 15y ago
That was a very nice poem, but these kinds of things are actually not all that hard, if you are willing to play with them long enough. I once wrote a palindrome that was a rhymed quatrain-- it took about a week of fiddling, if I recall correctly.
- patricklynch 15y ago[Insert any creative work or admirable skill here] is actually not all that hard, if you are willing to play with it long enough.
- michael_dorfman 15y agoSure, but some are harder than others. My point is that composing something like this is more akin to solving a crossword puzzle than to composing a symphony. As I said, a week of fiddling will get you a (letter-by-letter) palindrome of four lines, at least in my experience.
- jpadvo 15y agoIn terms of satisfying the technical demands of the form, yes. But creating a work with evocative punch like this poem has is more akin to composing a symphony.