Talk:Pentina

Not an orphan
This article is no longer an orphan and this label should be removed - after all, I got to it by clicking the link on the 'Sestina' page. Do others agree? 67.164.226.58 (talk) 02:37, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Pentina first defined in 1992 by Jacques Roubaud
The Oulipo adopted the sestina as one of its constraints. In Biblioteque Oulipienne  65 (1992), Jacques Roubaud defined the generalized form n-ina or quenina, having worked out the mathematics by which the rotation principle of the sestina may be applied to stanzas of varying length (31 numbers between 1 and 99). The summary in The Oulipo Compendium gives the first 2 lines of the pentina variant of the quenina, which accords with that given in the Wikipedia article. It would probably be more accurate to credit Leigh Harrison with publishing the first pentina in English (although she may have arrived at the form independently).

Source: Oulipo Compendium, revised, edited by Harry Mathews and Alistair  Brotchie, 2005, p 97.

I'm sorry but I'm new to editing on Wikipedia and would appreciate some help getting this in order.

Esther Murer (talk) 20:53, 18 June 2014 (UTC)