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  115.  
  116. From: s6sj7gt@aol.com (S6sj7gt)
  117. Date: 21 Jan 1996 01:37:58 -0500
  118. Subject:alt.Poe.versifications.experimentalize!.AANVVVize!.do!
  119. Newsgroups:alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb
  120.  
  121.  
  122. alt.new.poster.greets.waves.hellos!
  123.  
  124. alt.some.background.relate.describe.tell
  125. alt.Christmas.holidays.came.were.refreshed
  126. alt.aanvvv.newsgroup.discovered.read.enjoyed
  127. alt.related.web-site.found.perused.liked
  128. alt.aanvvv-style.rewritings.saw.read.smiled
  129.  
  130. (alt.current.favorites.were.became.are
  131. alt.Rudolph's.song.rewritten.rephrased.glowed!
  132. alt.parrot.bit.aanvvv-ized.pythonified.sketched)
  133.  
  134. alt.different.topic.reset.push.parentheticize
  135. alt.pi.mnemonics.enjoy.appreciate.create
  136. alt.word.lengths.encode.represent.stand-for
  137. alt.successive.digits.number.relate.tell
  138.  
  139. alt.classic.example.present.show.relate:
  140. alt.elegant.
  141.  
  142.   "How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after
  143.    the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics"
  144.  
  145. .see?.get?.understand?
  146.  
  147. alt.mnemonic.rule.repeat.repeat.repeat:
  148.   alt.word.lengths.encode.represent.stand-for
  149.   alt.successive.digits.number.relate.tell
  150.  
  151. alt.gory.explanation.is.comes.follows:
  152.  
  153. alt.first.word.is.is.is
  154. alt.three-letter."How".starts.starts.starts.
  155. alt.first.digit.is.is.is
  156. alt.pi-starting.3.see?.see?.see?
  157.  
  158. alt.next.word.is.is.is
  159. alt.one-letter."I".follows.follows.follows
  160. alt.next.digit.is.is.is
  161. alt.corresponding."1".observe.note.see
  162.  
  163. alt.next.word.is.is.is
  164. alt.four-letter."need".follows.follows.follows
  165. alt.this.digit.is.is.is
  166. alt.third-place..2667@4ompuse.watch.look.listen:
  167.  
  168. alt.initial."3.14".is.is.is
  169. alt.initial.phrase.corresponds.encodes.matches
  170. alt.leading."How I need".see?.get?.understand?
  171. alt.remaining.words.follow.match.denumerate
  172. alt.same.method.continues.repeats.goes-on
  173. alt.mnemonic.explanation.ends.finishes.pops-off-stack
  174.  
  175. alt.DOUBLE.challenge.evolved.arose.came-to-mind
  176. alt.famous.poem.take.select.find
  177. alt.aanvvv.rewrite.produce.create.craft
  178. alt.additional.constraint.impose.require.attach
  179. alt.pi.mnemonic.be.exist.amaze!
  180.  
  181. alt.Poe's."Raven".selected.chosen.used
  182. alt.self-imposed.challenge.done.completed.conquered!
  183. alt.bizarre.result.follows.is.displayed
  184.  
  185. (alt.additional.rules.needed.required.explain
  186. alt.10-letter.word.represents.stands-for.encodes
  187. alt.digit.zero.see?.understand?.get?
  188. alt.(N>10)-letter.word.represents.stands-for.encodes
  189. alt.two.digits.combine.pack.denote
  190. alt.an.example.is.is.is
  191. alt.title-word."versifications".count.observe.notice
  192. alt.14-letter.word.is.is.is
  193. alt.digit-pair."1,4".see?.grasp?.comprehend?
  194. alt.final-but-obvious.rule.is.is.is
  195. alt.initial."alt".ignore.skip.!use.)
  196.  
  197. alt.final.remark.observe.read.note:
  198. alt.difficult.job.was.is.always-will-be!
  199. alt.minor.flaws.exist.appear.crop-up
  200. alt.humble.writer.sits.pleads.begs
  201. alt.some.forgiveness.grant?.give?.allow?
  202. alt.ofsetting.fact.consider.ponder.notice:
  203. alt.672.pi-decimals.contained.encoded.aanvvvized!
  204.  
  205. ==========================================================
  206.  
  207.      alt.Poe.versifications.experimentalize!.AANVVVize!.do!
  208.  
  209. alt.dreary.night.was.abode.remained
  210.     alt.forgotten.volumes.discarded.put-by.sat
  211. alt.restless.naps.shaken-up.broken-thus.put-out
  212.     alt.annoying."tap-ap".shocked.surprised.heard
  213.     alt.disturbing-my-antedoor.traveler?.said.contradistinguished.queried
  214. alt.incontrovertible.emptiness.was.continued.persisted
  215.  
  216. alt.icy.tempest.raged.O-remembered!.cried
  217.     alt.internal-to-fireplaces.phantasms.pranced.flew.bedeviled
  218. "alt.lost.soul.comes?.petitions?.is?
  219.     alt.old.sweetheart.returns?.enlivens?.supernaturalizes?
  220.     alt.near-impeccable.Lenore.is-striking?.knocks?.is-entreating?"
  221. alt.alarming.stillness.continued.remained.lurked
  222.  
  223. alt.my.curtains.fluctuated.did-wave.trembled
  224.     alt.my.being.did-fear.so-capitulated.wavered
  225. alt.comforting.notion.arrived.refreshed.relieved
  226.    "alt.so-unaccommodated.traveler.interferes.entreats.knocks
  227.     alt.hoary.philosophizer.is-visiting.(is-all!).intercedes
  228. alt.simple.matter!".said.uttered.pronounced
  229.  
  230. alt.unsettled.ego.enlarged.grew.rose
  231.     alt.silent.apparition.perplexed.tried.vexed.
  232. "alt.charitable.madam.inquires?.is?.is?
  233.     alt.new.reinterpretations.be-right?.are-wrong?.misinform?
  234.     alt.mute.apparition.announce!.characterize!.proclaim!"
  235. alt.airy.darkness.intensified.reinterpenetrated.drew-close
  236.  
  237. alt.surrounded-by-darkness-then.I.questioned-it.queried.petitioned
  238.     alt.a.nightmare.did-encroach.shook-me.intimidated
  239. alt.unnameable.dread.waxed-great.increased.stayed
  240.    "alt.most-pure.Lenore.is-at-threshold?".said.inquired
  241.     alt.enigmatic.quiet.awed.terrified.did-disappoint
  242. "alt.her.presence.a-troubling?".spoken.said
  243.  
  244. alt.wary.id.faltered.dithered.a-frightened
  245.     alt.continued.rapping.heard.heeded.marked
  246. alt.hasty.deduction."it's-she.taps.hits-window"
  247.    "alt.discomfiting.quandary.will-explore.would-settle.will-decipher"
  248.     alt.my.ear.did-examine.listened.paused
  249. alt.blowing.blizzard.was-a-raging.shook-my-windows.disappointed
  250.  
  251. alt.determined.I.uncovered.unfastened.unlatched
  252.     alt.indecipherable.raven.landed.came.alighted
  253. alt.black.talons.rested.assembled-on.sat-down
  254.     alt.damned.interloper.saw.eyed.observed
  255.     alt.amused.I.maintained."will-pause"."will-sit"
  256. alt.my.caller.nested.held.remained
  257.  
  258. alt.my.mystification.was.continued.was
  259.     alt.raven's.expression.bemused.un-chafed.confounded
  260. alt.my.wish.proceeded.particularized.interpolated:
  261.     "alt.surname.tag.declare.do-tell.speak!"
  262.     alt.haunting.visitor.maintained.vacationed.rested
  263. alt.dreary."nevermores".voiced.did-supernaturalize.spoke
  264.  
  265. alt.vexating.creature.intercommunicated.said.ne'ermor'd
  266.     alt.troubled.I.stood-by.considered.marvelled
  267. alt.so-intriguing.blackbird.looked-on.remained-by.continued-on
  268.     alt.front.door.disquieted.unsettled.a-twisted
  269.     alt.a.raven.sat.looked.said
  270. alt.his.chorus.related.repeated.reuttered
  271.  
  272. alt.my.raven.reflected.recognized.saw
  273.     alt.lonely."nevermores".reiterated.intensified.did-say
  274. alt.lugubrious.theme.was.discharged.spoke
  275.    "alt.grim.creature.continue-on!.emancipate!.flee!
  276.     alt.dismal.friend.float-on!.dematerialize!.withdraw!"
  277. alt.vain.intercommunion.spoken.expressed.heard
  278.  
  279. alt.a.sentiment.rose.interpenetrated.promulgated
  280.    "alt.raven's.proprietor.struggled.bled.did-die?
  281. alt.perceptive.raven.watched-it.noticed.empathized?
  282.     alt.sad.fellow.weeps.grieves.wails
  283.     alt.sorrowful.raven.remembers.a-struggles.longs!"
  284. alt.sad."nevermores".continued-on.constitutionalized.pained
  285.  
  286. alt.cheerlessly-visaged.one.ascended.uncompartmentalized.sat
  287.     alt.an.answer.supplicated.desired.entreated
  288. alt.how.I.speculated.gaped.conjectured
  289.     alt.ungainly.raven.awed.troubled.interfered
  290.     alt.ghastly.bird.laid.looked-on.sat
  291. alt.croaked."nevermore".mystified.stayed-on.puzzled
  292.  
  293. "alt.kind.inamorata.waned.lapsed.expired!
  294.     alt.yet-heavy.I.continue.languish.mourn
  295. alt.Lenore's.charm.is-missing.is-gone.agonizes
  296.     alt.exceeding.hopelessness.is.remains.perplexes
  297.     alt.oft-yearning.I.remember.cry.supplicate!"
  298. alt.impertinent."nevermore".said.resonated.soliloquized
  299.  
  300. alt."enigmatic.telepath!.(did-say.voiced.uttered)
  301.    alt.shy.one.attend-me!.heed!.hark!
  302. alt.satisfying.answer.grant.bestow.render
  303.     alt.hop'd-for.liberation.conceive?.create?.experience?
  304.     alt.my.misadventures.terminate?".said.expressed
  305. alt.void.answer.was.persisted.vexed
  306.  
  307. alt.my.id.rose.mounted.was-angered
  308.     alt.a.challenge.originated.emerged.persevered-on
  309. "alt.a.respite.propagate!.bequeath!.confer!
  310.     alt.continuous.teardrops.wipe!.dry!.receive!
  311.     alt.melancholy.me!.relieve!.relieve!.sympathize!"
  312. alt.bird's.cry.continued-on.overanaesthetized.overanathematized
  313.  
  314. alt.placid.it.inspected.sat.a-flitted
  315.     alt.devil's.prophet.gazed-on.sat.tortured
  316. alt.much.sorrow.floated.came.remained
  317.     alt.a.question.rose.ensued.emerged
  318.     alt.lovely.Lenore.surprises?.sits?.resurrects?
  319. alt.being-a-cur.it.nevermored.nevermored.nevermored
  320.  
  321. alt."stark.wretch!".shrieked.remonstrated.shouted
  322.     "alt.indecipherable.raven.go!.begone!.fly!
  323. alt.pesky.wretch.dissociate!.withdraw!.go!
  324.     alt.utterly.nothing.overlook.leave.neglect
  325.     alt.soundly.I.say.tell:.go!"
  326. alt.hateful.raven.nevered.nevered.repeated
  327.  
  328. alt.immediate.plight.illustrate.explicate.a-specify
  329.     alt.sly.wretch.did-persist.overemotionalizes.agonizes
  330. alt.sitting-by.I.pine.grieve.languish
  331.     alt.imp's.eyes.infiltrate.penetrate.exasperate
  332.     alt.contemptuous.it.sits.depresses.goads
  333. alt.sad.soul.die.dilapidate.redisintegrate
  334.  
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  336.  
  337. alt.perhaps-redundant.illustration.present.give.show
  338. alt.pi.mnemonic.see.get.notice:
  339.  
  340.          3.                 14              15                        9         2
  341.     alt.Poe.versifications.experimentalize!.AANVVVize!.do!
  342.  
  343.              6         5    3      5         8
  344.     alt.dreary.night.was.abode.remained
  345.                    9            7            9          3   2   3
  346.         alt.forgotten.volumes.discarded.put-by.sat
  347.               8         4       6       2     6         4     3     3
  348.     alt.restless.naps.shaken-up.broken-thus.put-out
  349.     etc....
  350.  
  351.     (pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433...)
  352.  
  353. alt.your.comments.solicited.welcomed.appreciated
  354. alt.named."Mike Keith".am.am.am
  355. alt.e-mail.address.show.list.tell
  356. alt.ascii."s6sj7gt@aol.com".is.is.is
  357.  
  358.  
  359.                                                Comments
  360.  
  361. Pi + "The Raven" + AANVVV = ??? 
  362.  
  363. Constrained writing strikes again. In December 1995, I had already
  364. written Near A Raven , a revised version of Edgar Allen Poe's poem The
  365. Raven that, while attempting to remain as close as possible to the
  366. story, meter, rhyme scheme, and tone of the original, also satisfies
  367. the rather onerous condition that the lengths of the successive words
  368. in the poem are precisely the first 740 decimals of the number pi. 
  369.  
  370. Then, I discovered the newsgroup alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb
  371. (AANVVV for short). This amazing newsgroup (inspired by the existence
  372. of newsgroup names of the form alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb,
  373. such as alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork and
  374. alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die, to name a few) is devoted entirely to a
  375. peculiar form of constrained writing, in which every "sentence" of
  376. every post to the newsgroup is required to be of the form
  377. alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb (including, for completeness, the
  378. initial "alt" and the dots). One common type of post is to rewrite some
  379. well-known piece of literature (e.g., Hamlet's soliloquy, Lewis Carroll's
  380. Jabberwocky, even the Monty Python dead parrot sketch!) in this
  381. form. 
  382.  
  383. So, it didn't take long for me to have the following scary thought.
  384. Would it be possible to do everything I had done in Near A Raven (i.e.,
  385. rewrite "The Raven" and make it a pi mnemonic) and also obey the
  386. AANVVV constraint?! 
  387.  
  388. Well, I've done it, and here is the result. Since it is basically impossible
  389. to worry about meter and rhyme scheme with a constraint so hard,
  390. this meant that two of the constraints in Near A Raven were removed,
  391. so even adding the difficult AANVVV constraint made this task only
  392. modestly harder (as opposed to much harder) than Near A Raven. The
  393. careful reader will notice that in Near A Raven I chose to drop the
  394. fifth line of each six-line stanza (for reasons explained on that page),
  395. whereas in this case I decided to keep it. 
  396.  
  397. The rules for extracting pi from this poem are the same as in Near A
  398. Raven. A word of N letters represents the digit N if N<9, the digit 0 if
  399. N=10, and two adjacent digits of N>10 (e.g., a 12-letter words
  400. represents the digit '1' followed by '2'). The "alt" in each line is, of
  401. course, ignored. The title is included in the enumeration ("Poe" is the
  402. first 3 in pi, followed by "versifications" = 14, and so on). 
  403.  
  404.                                        [The mnemonic]
  405.  
  406. L'Envoi 
  407.  
  408. A few closing comments. I'm particularly proud of the last line in
  409. stanzas 16 and 17 (the antepenultimate and penultimate stanzas in
  410. the poem). The "nevermored.nevermored.nevermored" in stanza 16 is
  411. dependent on engineering things so that I could use six particular
  412. consecutive digits of pi: digits 601 to 606, which are 101010! Similarly,
  413. stanza 17 ends with a nice variation on "nevermore", based on the
  414. digits 7-7-8. Stanza 17 also has the distinction of being the only one
  415. containing no hyphens (that most useful symbol for helping to satisfy
  416. the AANVVV constraint). 
  417.  
  418. Despite the extreme difficulty of the task, many of the stanzas
  419. remain quite close to the meaning of the original, sometimes even
  420. using some of the same words. The damn thing even starts off with
  421. "dreary night" instead of "midnight dreary"! 
  422.  
  423. Unless I change my mind, this will be the hardest
  424. writing-with-constraints task I ever attempt! Still, if you have
  425. constraint ideas, the possibility that I could be tempted remains!... 
  426.  
  427. Mike Keith 
  428.  
  429. http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikeaan.htm
  430.