Repetition and Self-Similarity in Modern Poetics

Year: 1999 Authors: Daniel F. Daniel; Gar Bethel

Core claim

Poetic repetition and rhythm reveal iterative, self-similar structures that invite comparison with mathematical and logical forms.

Topics

repetition, self-similarity, rhyme, rhythm, identity

Domains

logic, set theory, mathematical form, self-reference, poetry, modern poetics, oral tradition, limericks

Methods

comparative analysis, close reading, examples from verse, conceptual analogy

Media

nursery rhymes, street cries, sonnet, quoted philosophical texts

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