Analysis of Consciousness



I think therefore I’m not,
Cognitive biases rife throughout,
Receptacle for experience one holds dear,
Understanding, turns out, not so clear,

The earth is flat I clearly see,
As the sun revolves around me,
Molecules and particles are that’s there,
What I see is all I care,

Matter and energy a physicist’s dream,
The why resides between the seams,
Linear time and physical fields,
Is what science presently yields,

I sense someone’s stare, I turn to see I’m in your glare,
The phone is ringing I don’t know who, all I know is it’s not you,
The rose is red I clearly see, you see pink, who is wrong you or me,
Brain is matter objectively there, mind is energy subjectively aware,

Time, mass, charge scientifically revealed,
But is consciousness the fundamental field,
Processed inside manifesting from out,
Something is missing to which no doubt.


Scheme XABB CCDD XXEE DXCD FFAA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Metre 11111 100100101 010010100111 01011111 01111101 10101011 100100111 1111111 10010001001 01010101 100101001 11101001 111111111011 0111011111111111 01111101111111111 11100100111100101 1110100001 1110000101 100110011 101101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 850
Words 145
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on July 22, 2021

Submitted by chamclan on July 22, 2021

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Dan Cunningham

A weirdo from Wisconsin with a mind wired to learn, create, and grow. "When I say I know something, it surely means I don't know." more…

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