What is it called when you start words off with the same letter in poetry?? Like Perfect purple platter...etc?
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It is called alliteration. Peter Piper picked a peck........
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Yes, when there are words like that, they are called palindromes. Another example could be level.
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its a poetic device where the first sounds in the words in a sentence are the same\neg: Five fathom full the father lies\nnotice the repetiotion of the f sound. it gives a rythmic effect to the sentence
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Difficult one... Once got a poem by email once that kind of sums it up... that really: us whites are the 'coloured'....\n\n\n\n     This was written by a black guy in Texas and is so funny.\n\n       > What a great sense of humour and creativity! \n\n       > >> When I born, I black,\n       > >> when I grow up, I black,\n       > >> when I go in sun,! I black,\n       > >> when I cold, I black,\n       > >> when I scared, I black,\n       > >> when I sick, I black,\n       > >> and when I die, I still black.\n       > >>\n       > >> You white folks....\n       > >> when you born, you pink,\n       > >> when you grow up, you white ,\n       > >> when you go in sun, you red ,\n       > >> when you cold, you blue ,\n       > >> when you scared, you yellow,\n       > >> when you sick, you green,\n       > >> when you bruised, you purple,\n       > >> and when you die, you grey.\n       > >> So who you callin'\n       > >> COLOURED????
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Poetry or writing\n(I know it sounds lame)
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This is not an answer this is a poem I received please enjoy ( I am a very pale milky colour by the way lol)\n\nThis was written by an African American in Texas and is so funny. What a great sense of humour and creativity!!!\n\n\n\nWhen I born, I black,\n\nWhen I grow up, I black,\n\nWhen I go in sun, I black, \n\nWhen I cold, I black,\n\nWhen I scared, I black, \n\nWhen I sick, I black, \n\nAnd when I die, I still black.\n\n\nYou white folks....\n\n\nWhen you born, you pink,\n\nWhen you grow up, you white,\n\nWhen you go in sun, you red,\n\nWhen you cold, you blue,\n\nWhen you scared, you yellow,\n\nWhen you sick, you green,\n\nWhen you bruised, you purple,\n\nAnd when you die, you grey.\n\n\nSo who you callin' coloured folks???
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It means that the spelling of the previous word is as written from a written or spoken quote. The writer is letting you know that they are aware that it is wrong but relating it as it was spoken or written.\n\n*** at the bottom of a page is a foot note.\nYou will find the *** in the text and then a matching ***at the bottom of the page.  This  is used to explain something about the text, an interpretation of the associated text or  information  to cite the source of the text, to give credit to the original writer.\nYou will find * and later ** and later ***  and so on, all to show you something about the associated text.
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sorry, i searched poetry sites,quotation sites, by author,firstlines,subject. best i can think of is contact nearest university library or professor of lit. wish you luck, it sounds like a really heartfelt poem. sure wish i knew it.
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Not sure if this is what you mean, but there is a literary device called 'bathos', from the Greek for 'deep'.\nThis is used when someone speaking in a very formal register suddenly drops into a very coarse, informal register- usually slang. This is most commonly used for comic effect (arguably ...;-)). For example:\n\n"I resepectfully submit, Your Honour, that this reprobate be incarcerated for as long as the law will allow, as he is a complete dickwit"\n\nA very poor example and, yes, not funny; but you get the gist...
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I see an A and a G, actually.   :)\n\nThose sentences are called "pangrams" and here's a cool link for more info on them!
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Something simple, like\n"ten poems I like"\nOr "a dozen poems, minus two"
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those would be called lyrics :)
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nothing rhymes with orange\nsaid the sign beside my door hinge\n=)\n\nwords that don't rhyme: purple, pint, nothing, month\n\nI'm not in the mood to go hunting after the poem right now LOL let's see if someone else want it =)
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The term you are looking for is "palindrome".
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Most of the possible answers have already been listed, or hinted at.  But to put it all together.\n\nThe sort of word you describe is called an "ambigram" -- the idea is to use calligraphy to make words look that same viewed from any direction.\n\nDan Brown used this idea in his book *Angels and Demons*, esp. with the word "Illuminati" (Background: An expert in this sort of calligraphy caught the attention of mathematician Dick Brown, who commissioned the man to make one of the name of his son Dan.)    BUT please note that in any ORDINARY type "Illuminati" is NOT an ambigram, and that all sorts of words can be turned into one by clever calligraphy.\n\nAlso note that, unless you cheat about capitalization rules, you have to use only upper or lower case.\n\nSo, for ordinary use --with 'normal' sorts of scripts-- we are left with the following building blocks.\n\n\nUsing only upper-case, which gives us the most possibilities.\n*Seven letters which can be used this way:  H I O N S X Z\n*In addition, M and W are mirror-opposites in many scripts, so can be used as pair.\n\nThis gives us:\n\n1) two one-letter words:  I,   O\n2) three two-letter words:  SIS, OHO and MOW  (XOX, OXO and SOS are generally treated as abbreviations)\n3) one four-letter word:  NOON\n4) one five-letter word: SWIMS   (again, as with "MOW" above, only in certain scripts)\n\nThere may be some longer ones, but it would take some doing to figure them out.\n\n(I'm also leaving out proper names -- like "ONO"-- since by digging in other languages you might find or create any number!)\n\n\nUsing lower-case:  \n*mirror-letters: o, l, s, x, z    (nearly the same as with upper case, except n doesn't work and l replaces I)\n*mirror-pairs:  d - p,  b - q (though the latter is not very useful!)\n( m and w may work, but not in as many scripts) \n\nResults, not very good if you use proper capitalization:\n1) from the list above "sis" and "mow" MIGHT work  (though it should be "Sis".  In any case, not "I" and "O", since in English, when they are used as distinct words they are always supposed to be capitalized)\n2) in addition:   "pod"\n\nThat's about it.   Of course, with minor cheating in some scripts you could make a couple of other letters into mirror letters.  For instance -- t, which would add at least: tot, toot, otto.\nOr you could smuggle in an "i" without the dot [more serious cheating!] to add "dip" and make "swims" work again.
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I don't know for sure if the one you are looking for is here, but there is one that sounds like it.   I can't believe how many versions I found of this poem!!!
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A simile is usually portrayed with the words - like -or -as, neither of which occur in The Emperor of Ice-Cream\nAnalysis of the poem at the site below, doesn't refer directly to similes but it might be helpful