The poem
Dharma = (Fog)(Island) ⁄ Ocean
The value of dharma is to the value of fog as the value of an island is to the value 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.
- Dharma = (Fog)(Island) ⁄ Ocean
- Fog = (Dharma)(Ocean) ⁄ Island
- Island = (Ocean)(Dharma) ⁄ Fog
- Ocean = (Island)(Fog) ⁄ Dharma