Diastic reading¶
diastic · procedural · validated
Select words from a source whose nth letter matches the nth letter of a seed phrase.
Provenance¶
- Source: Jackson Mac Low, Stanzas for Iris Lezak (1972)
- Attribution:
primary— a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind - Checkability:
source— decidable against the source text it was made from - Attested:
author-stated— the originator set this rule down
Details¶
- Kind: both
- Languages: en, de
- Requires:
tokens - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Diastische Lesung (de), Lecture diastique (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Walk the source text picking words whose nth letter matches the nth letter of the seed.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
seed_phrase |
string | the |
The seed phrase whose letters drive the selection. |
source |
string | — |
The text this one was made from. |
Examples¶
reading-through-with-the-default-seed-phrase¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
the where everything
Parameters: source='silence is the garden where nothing grows and everything waits', seed_phrase='the'
Source: constructed example; the procedure is Jackson Mac Low's
wrong-word-and-wrong-letter¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
garden is silence
Parameters: source='silence is the garden where nothing grows and everything waits', seed_phrase='sil'
Source: constructed counterexample
lesung-mit-dem-saatwort-die¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
die Wiese liegt
Parameters: source='die Wiese liegt weit hinter dem Haus und schweigt', seed_phrase='die'
Source: constructed example; the procedure is Jackson Mac Low's
falsche-woerter-falsche-buchstaben¶
de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
dem Haus und
Parameters: source='die Wiese liegt weit hinter dem Haus und schweigt', seed_phrase='die'
Source: constructed counterexample