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
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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Submitted by bkurple on August 23, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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