Analysis of The Beginning of the End
When does the end begin?
A perfect being sees no end
The mysteries continuously unfold
Ceaselessly bringing life and joy
Everywhere a miracle
Something that could not-should not be
But exists like the rock or the tree
Perfect in time – perfect in place
Created from seemingly nothing
But not random-with purpose
Infinite connections bring life
Beauty into what was lifeless
But at some point the miracle is named
Is isolated from the whole
Its purpose and function defined
That which is not understood ignored
Our eyes no longer see the glow
Once what was amazing is now dead
It is now no more than soil and air
We have severed It from the web
Now we think we know
We quantify this lifeless mass
We pronounce its purpose-its place
Relative to our own self diminished space
Scheme | X X X X X A A B X C X C X X X X D X X X D X B B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 00110111 01000100001 10010101 100100 10111111 101101101 01010101 010110010 1110110 10001011 10011110 1111010011 1100101 11001001 11110101 101110101 111010111 111111101 11101101 11111 1101101 10111011 100110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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