Tuesday 18 March 2008

Fibonacci Poetry

I wrote a poem according to the Fibonacci Sequence, starting with F1 = 1 and ending with F7 = 13:






This means that our starting value is 1 and after two values each following value is the sum of the two preceding values (values = syllables) leading to following value/syllable series:

F1 = 1
F2 = 1
F3 = 2
F4 = 3
F5 = 5
F6 = 8
F7 = 13

The sequence was described by Leonardo of Pisa (1170-1250) - called Fibonacci - in his Liber Abaci. He introduced the Hindu-Arabic numerals - which are more efficient than Roman numerals - in Europe, i.e. 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The decimal numerals became popular almost three centuries later, when printing was invented. The sequence itself is assumed to be older - sixth century - and of Indian origin. But lets look at my poem:

The
world
once blue
turned pitch black.
For moments in red
you forever forfeit your white
and your fallen crest lies deep in nauseating green.

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