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 |
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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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