Analysis of Famous for No Apparent Reason



Famous for No Apparent Reason ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
Sept. 21, 2022

Perhaps the Kardashian phenomenon
Is highly contagious
Personally speaking, I find it profoundly outrageous
But having arrived at such a stature I must defer
To the throngs of Arlingtonians who seem to all prefer
Following our walks, our talks our gustatory choices
In all these events the group rejoices!
But is this the same as reality show gone awry
Or is something more subtle-well I shall humbly reply!
When motivation is caring and sharing ensues
Then kindness grows that defeats our blues
When stopping to smell the sweet rose of the day
Is shared with gusto and put on display
Perhaps for some it calms a personal pain
Or maybe from stress-a temporary refrain
All I know is joy freely shared is a treasure indeed
The heart and soul it can generously feed
Famous, not at all, but befriended we hope
So walk we will and share we must
For kindness will save us, in that we trust


Scheme XXX XAABBXACCDDEEFFGGXHH
Poetic Form
Metre 101101010 101011 1 01010010 110010 100010111010010 11001110101101 10111111101 10010110110110 01101011 111011101101 11101101111001 101011001001 1101101101 11011011101 111101101 01111101001 11011010001 11111101101001 01011110001 10111101011 11110111 1101110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 955
Words 176
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 20
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 384
Words per stanza (avg) 86

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My take on the phenomenon of fame

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Written on September 21, 2022

Submitted by shulman.gary on September 21, 2022

Modified on April 16, 2023

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Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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