Repetition is central to poetry, and patterns of repetition in poetry have been studied for millenia. It came as a surprise, therefore, when Lucy Pollard-Gott discovered a new form of repetition in the poety of Wallace Stevens.
| Method A way to recognize fractals in poetry |
| Example A fractal in a Wallace Stevens poem |
| Interpretation How do we see this is a fractal, and why might it be there? |
| Other directions Following Pollard-Gott's idea, but with more choices for the basis of the search for fractal patterns |