Analysis of Evolution
You poor, deluded innocents! Have you no self-respect?
To hear you bawling of your love, that's what one would expect.
Four billion years before yourselves did planet Earth survive,
And still, with or without your help, for billions more yet thrive.
The countless stars you sing of, and the moon and planets, dance
In stately courses dictated by physics, not romance.
The songbirds flying overhead, the flowers on parade:
You should have learned about this from your parents, I'm afraid.
And love is just an instinct-driven method of detection,
That optimizes the gene pool by natural selection.
Your calling it by other names, this mutual attraction,
Can only serve to masquerade a chemical reaction.
And yet, my mind is open; I admit I may be wrong.
As chemical reactions go, this one is rather strong.
By any other name, nat'ral selection is as sweet
As she who settled by my side and made my life complete.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEEE FFGG |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010100111101 1111111111101 11010101110101 01110111110111 01011110010101 01010010110101 0110101010101 11110111110101 011111010101010 110111100010 110111011100010 11011010100010 01111101011111 11000101111101 1101011010111 11110111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 896 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Evolution" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/98036/evolution>.
Discuss this Steve Ewing poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In