# Like a palindrome, but not

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**Created:** [April 15, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-palindrome-but-not/618830 "2012-04-15T10:59:03Z")\
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It’s not what you’re looking for but …

There’s a famous line palindrome which reverses meaning backward despite that each line is the same. If you’ve never seen it, [“The lost generation poem - you can reverse it”](http://www.thoughts.com/ThomasYong/the-lost-generation-peom-you-can-reverse-it) might be worth a look.

[Here’s a Youtube of several young people reading the poem.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWSYPDh7O5Q)

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