Tuesday, January 31, 2006

[Interesting] Cadaeic Cadenza

(from the Wikipedia article) Cadaeic Cadenza is a 1996 short story by Mike Keith.

When the number of letters in each word are written out, they form the first 3834 digits of pi.

One A Poem A Raven Midnights so dreary tired and weary,
3. 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5
The name of the piece itself is based on pi, as "Cadaeic" is the first 7 digits of pi, when rounded.
C a d a e i c
3.1 4 1 5 9 3
(excerpt)
One
   
A Poem

        A Raven

Midnights so dreary, tired and weary,
    Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.
During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap!
    An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor.
        "This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore".

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