the coastline paradox
An ocean of nothing before me
Sea of everything asking why
I pace upon the beach
Each mile minute, each pace still small
It's with almost zero I count
Acounting for each grain of sand
Abandonly the coast grows vast
And I try to put it past me
We try and look upon that ocean
Motion as I begin pacing, counting carefully
Verily I find the pursuit of infinity
Divinity in the face of my ephemerality
Water sways in totality seren
And I become swallowed by the marine
About this poem
A pome about exsitentialism and math
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Written on November 02, 2022
Submitted by jeffl.43381 on November 02, 2022
Modified on April 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX BXX ACAAB CX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5, 2 |
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