Analysis of Dumb Minds Smart Minds
Dumb minds are destructive, they tear down and berate.
Smart minds are constructive, they build up and create.
Dumb minds are detractive, they rebuff and disgrace.
Smart minds are attractive, they invite and embrace.
Dumb minds are diffusive, they scatter and incise.
Smart minds are allusive, they imply and surmise.
Dumb minds are obstructive, they defeat and discharge.
Smart minds are instructive, they inform and enlarge.
Dumb minds are intrusive, they assault and invade.
Smart minds are exclusive, they advance and upgrade.
Dumb minds are reactive, they defer and comply.
Smart minds are proactive, they engage and apply.
Dumb minds are reductive, they weaken and decrease.
Smart minds are productive, they expand and release.
Dumb minds are preclusive, they detach and retract.
Smart minds are inclusive, they select and abstract.
Dumb minds are abusive, they annoy and requite.
Smart minds are effusive, they refresh and excite.
Dumb minds are inactive, they idle and stagnate.
Smart minds are impactive, they affect and pulsate.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHAIAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010111001 111010111001 1111101001 111010101001 1111110001 111010101001 111010101001 111010101001 111010101001 111010101001 111010101001 111110101001 1111110001 111010101001 1111101001 111010101001 11101010101 111100101001 11101011001 111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,019 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 837 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 162 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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