Analysis of Indoctrination or Persuasion?
If you ask a man to believe what you do,
are you trying to brainwash them,
or give them fresh eyes to an old matter?
Are you trying to give them a new doctrine
without their wishes,
or are you just opening their mind to something new?
If you ask a man to do what they are told
are you trying to brainwash them,
or give them the means to fight the good fight?
Are you trying to give them a new doctrine,
or help them make a tough decision?
If you force a man to do your bidding
are you trying to brainwash them,
or help them live their life to the fullest?
Are you trying to give them a new doctrine,
or help them survive this existence?
If you force a man to do anything,
you are never helping.
If you force a man to do anything,
you are nothing but brainwashing them.
You are nothing but indoctrinating them
to your liking, but never helping them survive
anything, only force them into pain and suffering
through your suggestions and training.
Scheme | aBxCxa xBxCc dBxCx DdDbbxdd |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101101111 1110111 1111111110 11101110110 01110 1111100111101 11101111111 1110111 1110111011 11101110110 111101010 1110111110 1110111 1111111010 11101110110 111011010 111011110 111010 111011110 11101101 1110111 111011010101 1010110110100 11010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 944 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on January 04, 2017
Modified on April 08, 2023
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