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Put on the sheet, I look like myself,
Sheet put on me, from off of the shelf.
From wood, water, grain, bird or bear,
Upon me, your body oft shall bare.Above are the first hints given for test,
Afterwards, I will help give you the rest.
Who am I?
Not a hint: Deep apologies for the bare bear rhyme, I couldn't bear passing the opportunity for lazy wordplay replacing a rhyme. Truth be told I oft think my poetry a crime.
I think it's:
A bed
Put on the sheet, I look like myself
When photographed and printed on a sheet of paper
Sheet put on me, from off of the shelf
A bed sheet (a.k.a bed linen) is typically stored on a shelf in a linen closet
From wood, water, grain, bird or bear
Beds can be made from wood, there are water beds, some futons are filled with grain, bird feathers can be used fill mattresses, bear skin rugs can both adorn beds and bear skin were traditionally used as the bed itself in Scandinavia (and probably other cold climate locations)
Upon me, your body oft shall bare
When I lie on a bed, it bares my weight
Author's Notes:
Title: A challenge to put your head against, you sort of put your head on the bed to sleep (depending on your thoughts as a bed entailing the pillow)
Put on the sheet I look like myself the word -- bed -- looks like a bed. It has the head and tail boards and a flat middle. kinda like how the word shark looks vaguely like a shark.
Upon me your body oft shall bare, bare means to be naked against not carry. And bare skin often touches a bed.
Afterwards I will help give you the rest -> bed helps you rest.
PILLOW
Put on the sheet, I look like myself,
We usually put our pillow on the bed i.e. on the bed's sheet
Sheet put on me, from off of the shelf.
Same with other parts of the bed we cover our pillows with some piece of cloth
From wood, water, grain, bird or bear,
Material used to make pillows. Cloth, feathers or grain inside, maybe furr on the outside?
Upon me, your body oft shall bare.
We rest/sleep on it. Maybe from a fight with wood, water, grain, bird or a bear ;)
I think that it
Is a pillow. It keeps its shape when it is covered by a pillow case, which should be often washed and put back on the pillow. Also under the assumption of it being pillow, look at the title.
Are you
Our DNA/DNA test
Who are you?
Everyone
Put on the sheet, I look like myself,
DNA is a representation of one's self. Although you wouldn't recognize it, on a sheet of paper it would be you.
Sheet put on me, from off of the shelf.
DNA is conveyed finally on paper. The paper used for a DNA sequencer comes, presumably, from off a shelf.
From wood, water, grain, bird or bear,
All have a DNA signature
Interesting read on less organic water.
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DNA_sequence_reconstituted_from_Water_Memory.php
Upon me, your body oft shall bare.
We can know much about our bodies from our DNA. In essence, our true selves are laid bare by our indisputable DNA.
Above are the first hints given for test,
DNA test
Afterwards, I will help give you the rest.
Afterwards we'll have more intrinsic knowledge about who the person is and from where they come.
Bonus on the no hint: Truth be told I oft think my poetry a crime.
Can we use DNA to identify the person or persons who write bad poetry?
