Analysis of Mind



The mind is a mirror of the soul.
The soul is a mirror of the mind.
The reflection in the mirror we see.
Is not ourselves but who we want to be.

The brain can think deep.
With our eyes we will weep.
Our heart will beat slow.
Who we are we do not know.


Scheme XXAA BBCC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 011010101 011010101 0010001011 11001111111 01111 1101111 101111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 244
Words 55
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on September 30, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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