The poem
Enigmas = (Ontology)(The Song of Ancient Dreams) ⁄ The Sound of the Ocean
The value of enigmas is to the value of ontology as the value of the song of ancient dreams is to the value of the sound of the ocean.
The same poem, solved four ways
A similar triangles poem is a proportion, a ⁄ b = d ⁄ e, and a proportion can be rearranged without changing what it claims. Each arrangement is a separate poem and all four say the same thing.
- Enigmas = (Ontology)(The Song of Ancient Dreams) ⁄ The Sound of the Ocean
- Ontology = (Enigmas)(The Sound of the Ocean) ⁄ The Song of Ancient Dreams
- The Song of Ancient Dreams = (The Sound of the Ocean)(Enigmas) ⁄ Ontology
- The Sound of the Ocean = (The Song of Ancient Dreams)(Ontology) ⁄ Enigmas