Abstract / Synopsis
In this article I introduce the linear poem, a poetic form I developed in fall 2023 as a pedagogical tool for high-school students. The linear poem is a poem which represents an integer valued linear function, treating the line numbers as inputs and the linguistic units in a line as outputs. Two examples of linear poems are given as well as the steps taken to produce them. By interpreting poetic forms as integer-valued functions as is done in this article, interdisciplinary pedagogy can be achieved, allowing educators and students to express mathematical ideas such as slope-intercept form in a creative manner. Interpreting poetry as integer-valued functions could also lead to advancements in machine learning applications around the generation and analysis of poetry.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.PTKO6160
Recommended Citation
Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez, "Introducing The Linear Poem," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 15 Issue 2 (July 2025), pages 274-278. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.PTKO6160. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol15/iss2/12
