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Pilish
Pilish is a style of constrained writing in which the lengths of consecutive words match the digits of the number Pi, (pi). The shortest example is any three-letter word, such as "pie", but many longer examples have been constructed, including sentences, poems, and stories. Examples The following sentence is an example which matches the first fifteen digits of : How I need a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics! The following Pilish poem (written by Joseph Shipley) matches the first 31 digits of π: :But a time I spent wandering in bloomy night; :Yon tower, tinkling chimewise, loftily opportune. :Out, up, and together came sudden to Sunday rite, :The one solemnly off to correct plenilune. A full-length Pilish novel has been published, which currently holds the record of the longest Pilish text with 10,000 digits. Rule sets In order to deal with occurrences of the digit zero, the following rule set was introduced (referred to as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constrained Writing
Constrained writing is a literary technique in which the writer is bound by some condition that forbids certain things or imposes a pattern. Constraints are very common in poetry, which often requires the writer to use a particular verse form. Description Constraints on writing are common and can serve a variety of purposes. For example, a text may place restrictions on its vocabulary, e.g. Basic English, copula-free text, defining vocabulary for dictionaries, and other limited vocabularies for teaching English as a second language or to children. In poetry, formal constraints abound in both mainstream and experimental work. Familiar elements of poetry like rhyme and meter are often applied as constraints. Well-established verse forms like the sonnet, sestina, villanelle, limerick, and haiku are variously constrained by meter, rhyme, repetition, length, and other characteristics. Outside of established traditions, particularly in the avant-garde, writers have produced a var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |