Basic Examples (1) 

Get the mandalas for a word:

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Scope (1) 

WordSyllableMandalas[w] works on unknown w too (this feature uses AI, which requires an outside subscription):

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Options (6) 

OutputFormat (5) 

The default value for "OutputFormat" gives a graphic representing the entire word:

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With the option OutputFormat→"Mandalas", the output becomes a list of the separate mandalas:

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With the option OutputFormat→"Curves", the output becomes a list of the colorless BSplineCurves:

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With the option OutputFormat→"Petals", the function produces a list of the shapes of each syllable's petal:

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OutputFormat→"VowelColors" gives the colors of each syllable's vowel. Monophthongs are a list of two identical colors; diphthongs are a list of two different colors:

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MandalaColor (1) 

The option MandalaColor changes the fill color of all the mandalas' BSplineCurves::

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Applications (3) 

Visualize types of rhyme, like assonance:

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Compare phonetic qualities, like fricatives vs plosives:

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See what your name mandalas look like:

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Possible Issues (1) 

Homophones will show the same mandala:

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Neat Examples (1) 

Analyze the vowel qualities in a line of poetry. In this example using the first line of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven", the internal rhyme is evident by the repeated as well as a bias toward closed vowels (blue and purple colors):

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