You certainly don't need help with your Poetry homework. How could someone as intelligent as this, not know how to reverse a string?

Maybe you need to bang the right side of your head repeatedly, until you start using your left-brain more. :-) ?

As an afterthought, you will probably have a happier life as a right brainer. What you need to do is learn how to google ( and groups.google ) first for answers, that will save you the embarrassment of asking questions that are simple for left-brainers. In other words, don't ask here at perlmonks first. Always do a diligent search of the internet for the same question (which has almost always been asked before), and get your answer. Then if you still can't find the right solution, ask here. That way, you can still live a beautiful poetic life as a right brainer, but still be a somewhat capable programmer.