The poem
Pining the Infinite = (Mocked Geniuses)(The Wind of Time) ⁄ Obscured Sorrow
The value of pining the infinite is to the value of mocked geniuses as the value of the wind of time is to the value of obscured sorrow.
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.
- Pining the Infinite = (Mocked Geniuses)(The Wind of Time) ⁄ Obscured Sorrow
- Mocked Geniuses = (Pining the Infinite)(Obscured Sorrow) ⁄ The Wind of Time
- The Wind of Time = (Obscured Sorrow)(Pining the Infinite) ⁄ Mocked Geniuses
- Obscured Sorrow = (The Wind of Time)(Mocked Geniuses) ⁄ Pining the Infinite