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Self-similar syncopations:
Fibonacci, L-systems, limericks and ragtime There are interesting symmetries shared by the limerick and ragtime, which can be observed and heard in their family groups of stressed and unstressed syllables, or beats, and which lie at the heart of what gives these forms their characteristic structure or ‘feel’. They possess self-similar qualities which are [...]

Why did Lear write 4 {2, 3, 5, 6} line limericks?
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