Analysis of The Observatory Observed
Behold the one-eyed beast,
Of whose marvels not the least
Of which is what it views,
Galactic ancient news,
And though it scans sans stint
Can’t read the smaller print.
For, centered in its mass,
Its single piece of glass,
However purely conical,
Is really just a monocle.
To see past star-crossed locals
It ought to get bifocals.
But it works with all its might
To capture stars in flight
And lets us gaze at galaxies,
Disproving ancient fallacies,
That innocent voyeurs
Might ogle starry blurs
And through each long, slow age
Watch Nature strut the stage,
Observing nightly revels
Of angels, gods and devils.
So I here salute its worth,
The opera glass of Earth.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHBX IIFFJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 1110101 111111 010101 011111 110101 110011 110111 1010100 11010100 1111110 1111100 1111111 110101 01111100 110100 11001 110101 011111 110101 0101010 1101010 1110111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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