Re: Ascii art from 1865
From David Palmer <dav...@ntlworld.comNOSPAM>
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· 1 Feb 2002 12:04 · View full thread
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"Benjamin M. Weiland" <ben...@gmx.de> wrote in message news:0bm...@4ax.com... > "Sam Blanning" <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > >Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't > >remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. > > In this relationship I heard of the term "visual poetry", might be the > one you were looking for. > > >There are many > >other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I > >can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to. > > I collected some German ones, here's my attempt to translate them: > > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > > > Nah - the following doesn't look good when it's translated. The phrase > "Die Zeit verrinnt" means "Time goes by", "Tempus fugit". > > > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrin > Die Zeit verr > Die Zeit ve > Die Zeit > Die Zei > Die Z > Die > D > i > e > Z > e > i > t > v > e > Dri > eitrZDe > ntitiinevtr > eiDtrZinnDentiZi > ieDiviDvnrZDntrti > reeiZetrtvinZeZet > ntvDvnriZDedivrrZ > DnZtvenntrZrnteie > iviDvnrZvntrtiieD > > > And i made one my own, some months ago. It's german, too. > > http://www.abiteuer.de/temp/truegerischewahrheit.txt > > The big white letters spell out "Wahrheit", which means "thruth". It is > made out of the word "Luege" (sorry, the umlaut ue is not ascii char), > which means "lie". > > benjamin Here's one I made last week. BUILD BUILD BUIL BU BUI BUI BUILD BUIL BUI BUILDI BUI BUILD BUILDINGBU BUIL BUI BUILDING BUI BUILD BUILDINGBU BUIL BUI BUILDING BUI BUILDI BUILD BUILDINGBU BUIL BU BUI BUILDINGB BUI BUILDI BUILD BUILDINGBUILDINGB BUILDINGB BUI BUILDINGB BUILDINGB BUILDI BUILD BUILDINGBUILDINGB BUILDINGB BUILDINGBUILD BUILDINGB BUILDI BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN BUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDING BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDING BUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBU BUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGB dp BU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN -- ##### dav...@ntlworld.com #### _\_ ________ _________ _______________ ##~~<#)#) \______ \ / _ \ \ / / \______ \ #( _\ | | \ / /_\ \ Y /| || | \ # __| | ` Y | \ / | || ` \ \___/ /_______ |____|__ /\___/ |___/_______ / _.-'==='-._ \/ \/ \/ ' ' http://homepage.ntlworld.com/palmer666 Alright, DON'T have a nice day, see if I care!
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