Analysis of The Four Seasons Of Man
Spring arrived, ‘Twas the dawn of man
Consciousness exploded with a Big Bang
We foraged inquisitively for berries and nuts
Soon building settlements and primitive huts
A subtle spark conjured otherworldly fire
And with it came a burning desire
Tales of titans and mythical creatures
Serpents and beasts with grotesque features
Summer arose, out rolled the wheel
Stonework replaced by the forging of steel
Harnessing power from great rivers and streams
Oceans soon conquered by ships of dreams
There were wondrous amphitheaters without a flaw
Spectacular cathedrals that left us in awe
Advances in medicine enhanced our lives
Youthful deaths seemed for the archives
Autumn emerged, the pinnacle of man
Although swarming to billions wasn’t the plan
The thriving Metropolis made man a city dweller
Piercing the sky with scrapers so stellar
Technology progressed to an unfathomable height
Our synapses fired so glaringly bright
We drove motor cars and traversed the stars
And even toyed with the idea of avatars
Winter came, and into ash we did burn
We dug our graves and had nowhere to turn
Conquered by robotics that we impatiently built
Mega cities crumbled to sand and silt
We gave godly power to Artificial Intelligence
Paying the ultimate price when they evolved to sentience
Mighty bombs dropped, and every city fell
The curtains sadly drawn as mankind bids farewell
Scheme | AXBB CCDD EEFF XXXX AACC GGHH IIJJ XBKK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 10110111 1000101011 11111001 11010001001 010110101010 0111010010 1110010010 100110110 10011101 11101011 10010111001 101101111 1010100100101 010001011101 010010001101 1011101 1001010011 110110101 01001001101010 1001110110 01000111010001 1010010111 1110101001 010110010110 1010011111 1110101111 101101101001 1010101101 11101010100100 1001001110111 10110100101 01010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,380 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
The definitive story of man, IF, we are not extremely careful.
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Written on October 12, 2023
Submitted by Lee_Geoghegan on October 12, 2023
Modified by Lee_Geoghegan on March 24, 2024
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