Analysis of Kingfisher Galaxy Alcyoneus
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Galaxies abound.
The universe expanding.
With no seeming end.
And a new discovery.
Of the largest universe.
Alcyoneus.
A new galaxy observed.
By astronomers.
A hundred fifty three times.
The size of our Milky Way.
This new galaxy.
Three billion light years far.
Far away from Earth.
A radio galaxy.
With massive jets and with lobes.
In this galaxy.
These massive jets and their lobes.
Have at their center.
A giant super black hole.
That is radio active.
At huge distances.
Traveling at the speed of light.
Emit radio waves.
Detected by our “LOFAR.”
Low frequency antennas.
Alcyoneus.
Guarded by a cosmic web.
Is self-protected.
Its web exceeds our sun’s mass.
Two hundred billion times.
Alcyoneus.
Is a monster galaxy.
“Starburst” galaxy.
Ancestor of galaxies.
Like that of our Milky Way.
Forming rapid stars.
Birthing them with massive growth.
With dense galaxies.
Thousand times that of our own.
Creating all our new stars.
Galaxies evolve.
And burn through cosmic gases.
To create new stars.
Some becoming “red and dead.”
Common to our universe.
The quest to learn more.
Can provide useful answers.
About galaxies.
How these galaxies evolved.
Including our Milky Way.
The “new” galaxy.
Has an interesting story.
A Greek back story.
Connected to Heracles.
Greatest of the Greek heroes.
Of Greek origin.
The name Alcyoneus.
Is legendary.
A Greek Kingfisher hero.
Who fought against Athene.
Alcyoneus.
Opponent of Heracles.
Was an immortal.
Struck down in war, he survived.
And thus became a hero.
A mythic hero.
As a giant galaxy.
Looming large again.
Fallen once, still now rising.
Posing mighty in the sky.
Scheme | xaxbc Cxdef bxxbg bgxxx hxxbh Cxxxe Cbbif jxikj xhjxc xdixf bbbcx xcblk Ccxxl lbxax |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 10001 010010 11101 0010100 101010 1 0110001 10100 0101011 01110101 11100 110111 10111 010100 1101011 01100 1101011 11110 0101011 111010 11100 10010111 01101 0101101 1100010 1 1010101 11010 11011011 110101 1 1010100 1100 101100 11110101 10101 1011101 11100 10111101 01011011 10001 0111010 10111 1010101 1011010 01111 1011010 01100 1110001 01010101 01100 1110010 01110 01011 1010110 11100 011 1100 011010 11011 1 01011 11010 1101101 0101010 01010 1010100 10101 1011110 1010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,642 |
Words | 347 |
Sentences | 70 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 70 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Astronomy is an old science that has its nomenclature derived from tradition and history, particularly that of Greek and Roman mythology. It should not be surprising, then, to discover that galaxies, which are gravitationally bound systems of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter, are traditionally given Greek or Roman appellation. This newly discovered galaxy, bearing the Greek name of “Alcyoneus,” is no exception to that “rule.” The last three stanzas of this poem place the composition and its message within a Greek mythological framework concerning the mythical kingfisher hero, Alcyoneus, hence the title of the poem, “Kingfisher Galaxy Alcyoneus. ” more »
Written on February 22, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 22, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on February 12, 2023
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