Analysis of A voyage to Uranus



Uranus, a wonder to explore,
A mystery to unravel and adore.
Seventh from the sun, a world of blue-green,
With secrets to unveil, like none you've seen.

Tilted axis, a unique sight,
At 98 degrees, it spins just right,
And negative 224 degrees Celsius,
Uranus is one of the coldest, no less.

Methane, hydrogen, and helium,
Uranus' atmosphere, a scientific realm,
Deeper within, a layer of ice,
A mantle of rock, so precise.

13 rings of dust and ice,
Water ice, their primary guise,
Faint and challenging to see,
Studying their composition, a scientific spree.

27 moons orbiting around,
Titania, the largest can be found,
Rock and water ice, its makeup,
Probing Uranus, a chance to shake up.

A cosmic puzzle, a scientific call,
Uranus, a planet that mystifies us all,
Why explore its chemistry, you ask?
To know our place in this cosmic task.


Scheme AABB CCXX XXDD DXEE FFGG HHII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 100010101 01001010001 1010101111 1101011111 10100011 1011111 010001100 10011101011 11000100 1001000101 100101011 01011101 11101 1011101 1010011 100101000101 110001 010010111 1010111 1010001111 0101000101 10001011011 101110011 1110101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 845
Words 173
Sentences 8
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

I wrote this poem out of my passion for space science exploration, I am particularly interested in astrobiology. After attending a webinar on 'Uranus: exploring the ice-cold chemistry of the 'frozen frontier'' organized by The Royal Society of Chemistry and The Chemistry World webinar team, I wrote this poem.

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Written on April 08, 2023

Submitted by Aloo-Denish on June 01, 2023

Modified by Aloo-Denish on June 03, 2023

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