1¾«^ !----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. Meter value formula (satire) A formula to assist the critic to perform composition surveying: Total_Lines / (Number_of_Stanzas + Number_of_Paragraphs) 1. Value is based upon the meter value's place in relation to the nearest whole number on a number line (round to the nearest 100th). For example: (FIELD) 4 * 6 = 24 (BASE) 0..1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10..11..12..13..14..15..16..17..18..19..20..21..22..23..24..25 > ^ < * meter value = 5.37, scale posit = 5, meter error = .63, 2. In the example a survey was made of 24 compositions with (84 stanzas and 9 paragraphs), with a total of 483 lines (an average of 20.125 lines and 3.75 stanzas/paragraphs per composition. This yields an average meter error of .63, depicting a field of 4 through 6 (scale posit is 5) and a base of 24. 3. When surveying a total number of compostions less than or equal to (2), the base will not be coherent to the normal number line. 4. Judging performance in meter may be conducted by recording and comparing the meter value, field, and meter error or the meter base value (for a measure of compostion density). I recommend using meter value, field, and meter error to measure performance. 5. In the above example, it was a matter of fortune that the base value (24) equals the total number of compositions surveyed (24). This will not occur very often using the prescribed formula. One may describe such an occurence as a "diameterically sound" collection of compositions in relation to density. 6. Astrological significance. I recommend using the lowest field factor up the scale ot the base value to determine the range or group of whole numbers with parapsychological importance to a particular collection of compositions. In the above example the numerological range would be all whole numbers (4..24). 7. General information. The odd whole number within the meter field is called the "scale posit" (5 in the above example) and it is this number divided into the base value that yields the base mean posit value. When determining the difference between the base mean posit and the meter error, the figure will yield the total possible error experienced when using this formula. The total possible error divided by 100 yields the value of the total possible error percentage when using this formula. The percentage of formula error will vary upon the base and/or total number of compositions surveyed.ticular collection of compositions€^wZ ¶F*ˆ ¥!µ 4ýý&>WýrpE9nrægÔg¶FÀx½Q>Õ *Q> -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_