Analysis of The Science Exists
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
The novelty has since worn off
What fickle, frail, and aimless feats
of distillated, senseless beats
have been evincing all ken doffed
If circumstance could grant the lease
of exemplary faculties
in lieu of glial casualties
there’s affordance for masterpiece
Begin again or never quit
As endless possibilities
will multiply unknown degrees
to infinite, astounding wit
To tinker with the telomeres,
nucleus tractus solitarius,
ever this is common practice
–ceasing measurements by the years:
A quasi-equilibrium status
Outlasting stars and all the gods;
Rewriting human intercourse
Those that would, verily endorse
essentially trumping the odds
Can it be still artificial
the resurgence of intellect,
vigor, or otherwise delect
–even if it’s unofficial
Once unfamiliarity …
The customary stands aside
when anti-aging’s to abide
henceforth without hilarity
Scheme | XAAB CDDC BDDB XAEXE FGGF HBBH BBBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001111 11010101 11101 111111 1101101 10100100 01111000 11110 01011101 1100100 1100101 11000101 11010100 10011 10111010 10100101 010010010 1010101 0101010 111101 0100101 1111010 0010110 101101 1011010 10100 0100101 1101101 11010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 872 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Controversial or not, one day our vitality could be at a level approaching invincibility (never again to suffer physical breakdown or experience mental decline) and this may even be commonplace in our lifetimes. Emerging discoveries, ongoing research and study in the fields of epigenetics, epigenomics, metabolomics, and proteomics are trending towards incredible breakthroughs as they pertain to bodily rejuvenation and reimagining our physiology. However, these days, it seems there is always sinister perpetrating tied in with these pursuits. more »
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