Invoice Kotsatos/Polaris/eyevine
Individuals prefer to place maths as chilly, onerous logic, fairly distinct from artistic pursuits. Truly, maths usually includes a substantial amount of creativity. As mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya wrote, “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.” Poetry is commonly constrained by guidelines, and these add to, fairly than detract from, its creativity.
Rhyming poems typically observe a scheme shaped by giving every line a letter, in order that strains 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…
