When I began (in the 1980s) collecting examples of "mathematical poetry," I sought lines of verse that included some mathematical terminology. More recently, my view has expanded to include structual, visual, and algorithmic influcences from mathematics; however, the two samples from the work of William Blake (1757-1827), presented below, fit into that initial category -- selected as "mathematical" because of their vocabulary -- one speaks of "infinity," the other of "symmetry." (Blake was an artist as well as poet and his volumes of poetry were illustrated with his prints.) The following stanza is the opening quatrain for Blake's poem "Auguries of Innocence."
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Monday, November 8, 2010
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