This is an analysis of the poem Michael Joseph Jackson that begins with:

Glamour and the price of fame...
May produce a name....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cbbdX bbebaeXe fcbce XbbXe XbeggbXf gdX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,8,5,5,8,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 10101 10110001 010100100 10110101 010110101011 00111 110100001 11010100101 01011101 1010001101 1111 00101011010 01000101 10001110101 11010 01110101 1101111 010100111 0100100111 101 010111001 11010010111 011 10010001 00100110 110100101 0010001000 0111 00100010 1010100 11001110100 01 10101 011001 1000010100 101010 11 101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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