Invoice Kotsatos/Polaris/eyevine
Folks prefer to place maths as chilly, laborious logic, fairly distinct from artistic pursuits. Really, maths typically includes quite a lot of creativity. As mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya wrote, “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.” Poetry is usually constrained by guidelines, and these add to, somewhat than detract from, its creativity.
Rhyming poems typically comply with a scheme fashioned by giving every line a letter, in order that traces with matching letters rhyme. This verse from a poem by A. A. Milne makes use of an ABAB scheme:
What shall I name
My expensive little dormouse?
His eyes…
