Analysis of Nature's Answer
Michael Matalon 1973 (New York)
What intelligence exists in our genes
that give them orders to build these machines?
What recipe is found within a seed
that brings forth such variety and breed?
What logic dwells within the flowing air
that makes it disperse and spread everywhere?
What is the wisdom that keeps us alive
that consumes energy just to survive?
What thought gave birth to our universe
that Man yearns to understand and traverse?
The puzzle is the answer that we learn
and discover in awe of all we yearn!
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 10100010101 1111011101 1100110101 1111010001 1101010101 111010110 1101011101 1011001101 111111010 111101010 0101010111 0010011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 490 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
I have always found that complex answers exist in the most common things...and the universe is not random, but a pattern of clues in the formation of an intelligent universe.
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Written on August 18, 2008
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on September 09, 2021
Modified by Michaelmatalon on February 05, 2023
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