Analysis of Cosmos
Lynne Provance 1950 (Cleveland, Ohio)
Out there!
Beyond and within!
Expansive, yet tiny!
Constantly expanding and collapsing.
Ever changing and yet the same.
Infernal balls and frozen wastelands.
Life-giving and life-taking.
Matter and anti-matter.
Nebulas, stars, planets, asteroids, comets, galaxies…
Molecules, atoms, quarks…
Crashing and rebirthing!
Moving and standing still!
Light and dark!
Strands!
Energy!
What are we
compared to the enormous proportions
of the beyond and the unknown?
The cosmos!
Our home!
| Scheme | XXABX CBXCCBX XCA ACXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 11 01001 010110 1000100010 10100101 01010101 1100110 1001010 11101010100 10101 1001 100101 101 1 100 111 0110010010 10010001 010 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 465 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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