Yoruichi-san Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Over time some things may change, Whilst all the others remain the same. A mountain standing as steady as can be, Only seems unmoving to you and me. Things not at first readily seen, You may upon closer inspection glean. The words will sometimes lie, But on numbers you can always count by. If this may tend toward the awkward at times, It's not due to difficulty trying to rhyme. As usual, don't go about this the usual way, B/c by not the usual rules can I play. Albeit this creation was indeed very tedious to make, May solving it by comparison only be a piece of cake, What am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 The earth from the perspective of the sun--or perhaps the solar year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Nope, as usual with 'Y-san style' riddles, guessing at the answer won't help . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Alright, since I'm feeling generous b/c I'm super-excited about Liar Game... You may think that, grammatically, there should be commas in the last line. There shouldn't...not by what it's sneakily really supposed to hint at at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 yeast/fungi...or rising dough but mostly yeast...:shrug:...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Nope. The answer is a 7 letter word. That may help you figure out the device . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 While I don't see how the overall grammatical structure of the riddle points toward this answer, many of the clues make me think ofa fractal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nice of you to bring up structure...the general structure of the poem, combined with my previous hint, might afford some clues. Couplets...and how many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ilivegallery Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 yeast/fungi...or rising dough but mostly yeast...:shrug:...? greedy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Unno...not sure where that came from, but... 14 lines, 7 couplets, 7 letter-word....yes, each couplet gives a letter The riddle itself hints to what to do to find those letters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'll guess at a couple of couplets The words will sometimes lie, But on numbers you can always count by. I'll guess I, the symbol for the Imaginary Numbers set (I think N, the Natural Numbers could also be a good guess) As usual, don't go about this the usual way, B/c by not the usual rules can I play. I'm going to pretend it's really B*c and guess 'v' Are either of these even on the right track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'll guess at a couple of couplets The words will sometimes lie, But on numbers you can always count by. I'll guess I, the symbol for the Imaginary Numbers set (I think N, the Natural Numbers could also be a good guess) As usual, don't go about this the usual way, B/c by not the usual rules can I play. I'm going to pretend it's really B*c and guess 'v' Are either of these even on the right track? Clever interpretation, lol...I totally love the last one . But actually, there's only one device for the entire riddle, that's the same for each couplet, and like the other riddles in the series, it doesn't require any guessing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 marksmanjay Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Am I on the right track? as in "solving it by comparison"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Am I on the right track? as in "solving it by comparison"? Yep, that is an important aspect of the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 entropy? seven letters and kinda fits discriptively. have added number of letters with and without spaces and punctuation and words and... have not been able to come up with anything sensical...yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 marksmanjay Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 the same things, I haven't gotten anything legible. Try differences? What do you think "RELATIVELY" suggests? As in what is relative to what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yoruichi-san
Over time some things may change,
Whilst all the others remain the same.
A mountain standing as steady as can be,
Only seems unmoving to you and me.
Things not at first readily seen,
You may upon closer inspection glean.
The words will sometimes lie,
But on numbers you can always count by.
If this may tend toward the awkward at times,
It's not due to difficulty trying to rhyme.
As usual, don't go about this the usual way,
B/c by not the usual rules can I play.
Albeit this creation was indeed very tedious to make,
May solving it by comparison only be a piece of cake,
What am I?
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