Abstract / Synopsis
This 15 word poem suggests that the reader count the words of the poem. Since every line has half as many words as the previous line, and since the poem urges the reader to keep counting forever, one imagines a total of 16 words.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.201701.26
Recommended Citation
Dan McQuillan, "16," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 7 Issue 1 (January 2017), pages 291-291. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201701.26. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol7/iss1/26
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