Absurdism
The world is a strange and curious place,
A place of absurdity and wonder.
Where logic and reason seem to lose their grace,
And nothing is quite as it seems to be under.We search for meaning in a world that’s mad,
A world that’s filled with chaos and confusion.
We try to find a sense of purpose, glad,
But often we’re left with nothing but illusion.For in this world of chaos and despair,
We see that life is but a fleeting dream.
We search for answers, but they’re nowhere,
Leaving us to ponder, lost and gleam.So perhaps it’s better to embrace the absurd,
To find the joy and beauty in the chaos.
For in a world where nothing can be assured,
Absurdity is all we have to offer us.
Existentialism
Existence is a curious thing,
A puzzle that we try to solve.
We search for meaning, hope to find a ring,
But often we’re left with nothing but a dissolve.We wonder why we’re here, what our purpose is,
Why we exist in this vast and endless sea.
We try to find our place, to find true bliss,
But often we’re left with just a mystery.For in this world of endless possibilities,
We see that life is but a fleeting moment.
We search for answers, but they’re always elusive,
Leaving us to ponder, lost and content.So perhaps it’s better to embrace the unknown,
To find the joy and beauty in the mystery.
For in a world where nothing is ever shown,
Existence is all we have to offer us, you see.
Nihilism
In a world of darkness, where hope seems lost,
We find ourselves adrift in endless despair.
Where meaning is elusive, and life is a cost,
We search for answers, but none seem to be there.We wonder why we’re here, what our purpose is,
Why we exist in this vast and empty space.
We try to find our place, to find true bliss,
But often we’re left with just an empty race.For in this world of emptiness and despair,
We see that life is but a fleeting dream.
We search for answers, but they’re nowhere,
Leaving us to ponder, lost and gleam.So perhaps it’s better to embrace the nihil,
To find the joy and beauty in the void.
For in a world where nothing can be fulfilled,
Nihilism is all we have to offer us, my dear.
All three poems have four quatrains (stanzas of four lines that usually have alternate rhymes) and an ABAB rhyme scheme (first and third lines rhyme at the end and second and fourth lines rhyme at the end) with one or two exceptions.
I used WordCounter to find the most used words, bigrams (two-word phrases) and trigrams (three-word phrases). It also generates word clouds. Neat.
The most used words are world and find followed by nothing and search.
In terms of each poem, in alignment with their philosophical theory, absurdism has multiple occurrences of chaos and absurdity, existentialism of existence and nihilism of lost and despair.
In the poems, one or two words seem to be out of place/make no sense.
Leaving us to ponder, lost and content.
To me, content seems out of place here.
For in a world where nothing is ever shown,
It doesn’t make much sense to me.
But, overall, wow!
Or I would say pretty good if I curbed my enthusiasm a bit.
ChatGPT managed to accurately portray three philosophical theories as poems and end them on a positive note.
I’ll finish with my favourite lines:
So perhaps it’s better to embrace the absurd,
To find the joy and beauty in the chaos.
References
https://databasic.io/en/wordcounter/
[Accessed 17 December 2022].
