Abstract / Synopsis
Using a definition of a sonnet, the number of basic rhyming schemes is enumerated. This is then used to discuss the 86 sonnets which appear in John Clare's The Rural Muse.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.201602.05
Recommended Citation
Terry S. Griggs, "Combinatorics of the Sonnet," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 6 Issue 2 (July 2016), pages 38-46. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201602.05. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss2/5
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