Analysis of From Blades Of Grass To Galaxies



Myopic the exigencies
a "synthetic god" is created;
magnificent awe truncated
all the wonders desecrated
from blades of grass to galaxies

Excoriate self to appease
dissuading God's "jealous tirade;"
seeking coddle with favored aid
pleading supplications are made
triumphant success if they please

Enough to repel and appall
some expect God to choose their
side against those they wish to deride
in Him we consist and abide
this Source is the "All And In All"

A God many worship and fear
conceived by the limited mind
as small as their internal find
with projected "traits of mankind"
the reductionism is clear


Scheme AXBBA ACCCA DXEED FGGGF
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0100100 001011010 0100110 10100010 11111100 0101101 111001 10101101 10111 01001111 01101001 1011111 101111101 01101001 11101001 01101001 01101001 11110101 10101111 0111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 590
Words 102
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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