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Wechselsatz

wechselsatz · permutation · validated

A permutational poem whose interchangeable words yield millions of variants. The checker asks whether each word of a given line is one the template offers for that position.

Provenance

  • Source: Quirinus Kuhlmann, Der Wechsel Menschlicher Sachen (1671)
  • 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: de
  • Requires: tokens
  • Deterministic: yes
  • In other languages: Wechselsatz (de), Vers permutatif (fr)

Prompt hint

Write lines of interchangeable nouns and verbs that stay grammatical in any permutation.

Parameters

Name Type Default Description
source string — The text this one was made from.

Examples

drawn-from-the-template

de — this text satisfies the procedure.

Ab Tag geht

Parameters: source='Auf|Ab Nacht|Tag kommt|geht'

Source: constructed example; the form is Kuhlmann's, the template is not

a-word-off-the-template

de — this text does not satisfy the procedure.

Ab Mond geht

Parameters: source='Auf|Ab Nacht|Tag kommt|geht'

Source: constructed counterexample