Poetry and the Palindrome

Authors

Haim Kilov

Abstract

Editor's Note: In the February 1984 Word Ways, Haim Kilov and his associate S. El'man translated an article by V. Khromov on Russian palindromes originally appearing in Nauka i Zhizn 9 (1970). This article alluded to an earlier one by Semyon Kirsanov (1906-1972), a well-known Soviet poet, in Nauka i Zhizn 7 (1966). The following is a translation of that article, with various amplifications in brackets. Note that certain Cyrillic letters transliterate into groups of English letters (ch, kh, sh, shch, ya, ye, yu, zh), marring the palindromic appearance. In addition there appear to be a few lines where Kirsanov did not adhere to strict palindromy.

Recommended Citation

Kilov, Haim (1987) "Poetry and the Palindrome," Word Ways: Vol. 20 : Iss. 3 , Article 6.
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