This is an analysis of the poem Paid To Stay Faked that begins with:

Paid to stay faked,
For celebrity sake and adulation saved......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDeaeX ffabXaaa ABCDddXX abAaAaAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011 101001110101 111101 1100111111 00101010101 111001100 110100101 01001001011 10111010010 110101010001 001001111011 000101001101 00101001001010100 101111011001 0101010011111 1011100110001 1011 101001110101 111101 1100111111 0111010111 0101110010001 10111010011001 11011011010101 111011 11111010 1011 0111011011 111011 10110101110101 111011 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Paid To Stay Faked;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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