or PALINDROME (παλίν, again, and στροφή, a course), a verse or sentence which runs the same when read either backwards or forwards. Such is the verse,

Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor.

Some people have refined upon the palindrome, and com- Palinode posed verses, each word of which is the same read backwards as forwards; for instance, that of Camden:

Odo tenet malum, maladam mappam tenet Anna. Anna tenet mappam maladam, malum tenet Odo.