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Morse Code and Words

I notice that words have definite rhythms; for example, record and record have different rhythms. Record, as in 33 rpm, has an N pattern: Dah Dit, for Dah Dit is an N in Morse Code. Record, as in copy with a recorder, has an A pattern: Dit Dah. So words can be reduced to letters by their rhythms, if they are not too long. Even if they are, we can convert them to bits, and thus to numbers. Here are some examples:

E . a (the article)
T - dog
A .- receipt
N -. mother
I .. in the
M -- Great Dane
S ... so as to
U ..- in the lake
R .-. apartment
W .-- a done deal
D -.. galaxy
K -.- kitty cat
G --. New Yorker
O --- Go! Go! Go!
X -..- Slow to react
B -... automobile
C -.-. helicopter
-.-.. hippopotamus

and so forth. Piecing these together is what produces a poem. Any poem can be reduced to Morse Code, or more properly, to a series of 1s and 0s representing a rhythm. Writing a poem or a song involves putting these together in the right manner to fit into a good rhythm.