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Anagrammatic poem

Okay little one, have you ever heard of anagrams? They are when you take a word and mix up all the letters to make a new word. So for example, if you took the word "cat" and mixed up the letters, you could make a new word like "act" or "tac". Pretty cool, huh?

Now, an anagrammatic poem is when the poet takes a word or phrase and uses all the letters in that word or phrase to create a series of new words and phrases that are related to the original word or phrase. It's like a puzzle!

For example, let's say the poet wants to write an anagrammatic poem about the word "love". They could take the letters in "love" and create new words and phrases like "vole", "ole", "loe", "velo", "lo", "oe", "lev", and "voe". See how all those words use the same letters as "love"? And they all have something to do with love in some way!

Anagrammatic poems can be really fun and creative, and they challenge the poet to think outside the box and come up with new words and phrases using only the letters they have. So maybe next time you're playing with letters, you can try making some anagrams of your own!
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