Analysis of Messed Up



Many got their minds messed up.
Too many people got their minds messed up.

In these blind made days,
People have their eyes on self destruction.
As a normal daily function.

In these man-made days,
People have their minds on self destruction.
And for them a normal function.

Many got their minds messed.
Too many people got their minds messed up.
Many got their minds messed up.
Too many people got their minds messed up.

In these B.S. days,
Common sense does not exist.
Or consciousness permitted,
Long has gone.

Too many got their minds messed up.
By lies.
To deny them.
And many got their minds messed up.
By choosing to deceive as a choice to believe,
In fantasies fictioned.
In these B.S. days.
In these B.S. days.
In these B.S. days,
People are made to fear their own shadows.
In these B S. days.
Disrespect expected goes on.

People got their minds messed up.
Over someone's race and color.

Too many got their minds messed up.
Too many people got their minds messed up.
Many got their minds up.
Choosing,
To be played fools.


Scheme AA bcc bcc dAAA Bxxx AxxaxdBBBxbx ax AAaxx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (29%)
Metre 1011111 1101011111 01111 1011111010 10101010 01111 1011111010 01101010 101111 1101011111 1011111 1101011111 0111 1011101 1100010 111 11011111 11 1011 01011111 110101101101 01001 0111 0111 0111 101111111 01111 0101011 1011111 1011010 11011111 1101011111 101111 10 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,038
Words 231
Sentences 37
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 12, 2, 5
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on June 10, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on June 10, 2023

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