Analysis of On Matter
On Matter
Part I.
God
Unseen, unheard
Created all matter
From anti-matter,
Set worlds in motion,
Spun the galaxies like toy tops,
Set all in their circular paths,
Perfect and complete.
Part II.
Gravity,
The eternal law
Which He created,
Also unseen,
Causes motion and
Leads heavenly bodies
In intricate dances
On elliptical courses
To music played by the stars
and composed by God .
Part III.
We
Come from dark matter
And dark energy
The vast, black back
Of Chaos
Tattooed with spirals
And bursts of color
Young and old
Timeless
Fed by fusion explosions
Pushing outward
Pulling inward
With invisible arms
Like a child
Spoiled and Unruly.
God creates
From this nothing.
He creates
light and color;
He creates life.
Part III.
Newton
Star student at Cambridge
Mathematical genius
Discovers Gravity
And laws of motion
Thanks to a falling apple
And God
Scheme | abcdaaexxx bfxxxxxggxc Bfafxxxaxhxddxxfixiax Bexhfexc |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (58%) Etheree (34%) |
Metre | 110 11 1 0101 010110 11010 11010 10100111 11011001 01001 11 100 00101 11010 1001 10100 110010 010010 1010010 1101101 00111 11 1 11110 01100 0111 110 01110 01110 101 10 1110010 1010 1010 101001 101 10010 101 1110 101 1010 1011 11 10 110110 010010 010100 01110 1101010 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 11, 21, 8 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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