Analysis of Blinded Minds



Our eyes are deceived by our hearts and minds

We're oblivious to the world around us

Too selfish, conceited, and courage less to be kind

When tragedy strikes we make a lot of fuss

But when push comes to shove we care more about

Our cell phones, gold grill, and 24's to really care.

We would die for our cars but won't die for freedom

Don't want to feed the poor abroad because we got poor.

We're so greedy, spoiled, and selfish.

I'd rather be poor in America than Afghanistan.

We have a country full of citizens who aren't anything

But powerful, privileged, cowards.

They're in the ghetto willing to die over colors and crack sells

But if I put you in the middle east your true gutless heart would

Show its face. Give me a break you heartless fake.

Dissidents pay attention to the world

Open your eyes, hearts, and minds.

Love humanity more than this materialistic insanity.


Scheme A B X B X X X X X X X X X X X X A X
Poetic Form
Metre 101101110101 10100101011 1100100101111 11001110111 11111111101 101111011101 1111101111110 1111010101111 11101010 11011001001010 110101110011010 11001010 1001010111010011 1111100101111011 11111011101 1001010101 1011101 10100111000100100
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 857
Words 159
Sentences 9
Stanzas 18
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on April 30, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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