Post by thisjustin on Sept 16, 2020 18:04:34 GMT -5
Many have noted the odd text and sentences within Fandango, but the text itself is actually fairly well structured.
The majority of the story is written in quatrains though the rhyme scheme varies among pages and sometimes even within a single page.
For those that like the idea that the unused letters in the magic square on p. 11 can be combined with the IN TH to form the word plinth, the quatrain approach works well. C MASQUERADE PLINTH would take you to the plinth of the Catherine of Aragon cross which pointed to the Masquerade treasure upon which is an inscription that is written as a pair of quatrains in an AA BB rhyme scheme. The only "story" in Fandango that uses only an AA BB rhyme scheme is the one where Fandango meets the old lady on pgs 38-41.
You can start playing around with things at this point. Take the numbers on the lens on p. 19 and add them up and you get 41. Now pair them reading backwards 4,1 then 6,7, etc. and go to p. 41 and use the first number as the line number and the second as the word in that line and you generate the phrase I WIND HER UP.
For those that like reflections or mirrors in their approach, then look for the ABBA rhyme schemes. Or better yet, look to the single "story" that doesn't use quatrains but instead uses sextains, Harley's story on pgs 28-31. This is the middle of the book which works well for mirroring and the story is written in a ABCCBA rhyme scheme.
In that story take the "last in line" from each sextain and you get E-H-D-S-N-D or HE(a)DS (e)ND. "Use your head that's my motto" claims Fandango and this story is where Harley touches Fandango's head and tells him to use his imagination. There are certainly a lot of "heads" on MDI to be examined (Great Head, Schooner Head, etc.)
There is a lot to play with, and it may all mean nothing, but here is a link to the text broken out by "story" with the quatrains and rhyme scheme laid out. I hope it helps someone and hopefully some will pass along what they discover.
Fandango text
One last thing to note. If you look at the croquet stake on p. 17 the color order is red, yellow, blue, orange. In croquet the alternating colors are paired on teams, so the stake pairs Red/Blue and Yellow/Orange. Now go to the letter square on p. 11. Reading left to right, read the orange letters followed by the letters in the yellow squares. QU-A-T-R-A-IN = QUATRAIN.
The majority of the story is written in quatrains though the rhyme scheme varies among pages and sometimes even within a single page.
For those that like the idea that the unused letters in the magic square on p. 11 can be combined with the IN TH to form the word plinth, the quatrain approach works well. C MASQUERADE PLINTH would take you to the plinth of the Catherine of Aragon cross which pointed to the Masquerade treasure upon which is an inscription that is written as a pair of quatrains in an AA BB rhyme scheme. The only "story" in Fandango that uses only an AA BB rhyme scheme is the one where Fandango meets the old lady on pgs 38-41.
You can start playing around with things at this point. Take the numbers on the lens on p. 19 and add them up and you get 41. Now pair them reading backwards 4,1 then 6,7, etc. and go to p. 41 and use the first number as the line number and the second as the word in that line and you generate the phrase I WIND HER UP.
For those that like reflections or mirrors in their approach, then look for the ABBA rhyme schemes. Or better yet, look to the single "story" that doesn't use quatrains but instead uses sextains, Harley's story on pgs 28-31. This is the middle of the book which works well for mirroring and the story is written in a ABCCBA rhyme scheme.
In that story take the "last in line" from each sextain and you get E-H-D-S-N-D or HE(a)DS (e)ND. "Use your head that's my motto" claims Fandango and this story is where Harley touches Fandango's head and tells him to use his imagination. There are certainly a lot of "heads" on MDI to be examined (Great Head, Schooner Head, etc.)
There is a lot to play with, and it may all mean nothing, but here is a link to the text broken out by "story" with the quatrains and rhyme scheme laid out. I hope it helps someone and hopefully some will pass along what they discover.
Fandango text
One last thing to note. If you look at the croquet stake on p. 17 the color order is red, yellow, blue, orange. In croquet the alternating colors are paired on teams, so the stake pairs Red/Blue and Yellow/Orange. Now go to the letter square on p. 11. Reading left to right, read the orange letters followed by the letters in the yellow squares. QU-A-T-R-A-IN = QUATRAIN.
