The real talent of a popular musician cannot accurately be assessed until the musician has been dead for several generations, so that his or her fame does not interfere with honest assessment.

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The real talent of a popular musician cannot accurately be assessed until the musician has been dead for several generations, so that his or her fame does not interfere with honest assessment.

Living in the public sphere, as a celebrated musician, under the scrutiny of the masses, is not anyone's cup of tea. From lack of privacy, to the illusion of a perfect, starry life without the conundrums and humdrums of the mundane quotidian, it has its on share of heydays and dullness. I believe and agree to the statement suggesting that the real talent of a popular musician cannot accurately be assessed until the musician has been dead for several generations, so that his or her fame does not interfere with honest assessment.

This follows the basic essentials of living that suggest, is your absence felt and as important as your presence? Let us consider a musician who has always been on the peak of his career. With a string of hits and several Grammy nominations he has achieved a feat possibly insurmountable for any other human. In true words, he is a living legend. But mark my words a "living" legend. What if in a cruel turn of fate, he succumbs to a sudden, fatal disease and leaves for the heavenly abode. Undoubtedly his fans, followers, admirers and the general population will be deep in grief for their loss. But for how long? It may even take a few years for people to cope with the loss, but then they might move on.

Does that mean that the singer's success was ephemeral or transient? Since, his followers have moved ahead to other rising celebrities and his work seems far from being evergreen, with people losing track of it under the influence of burgeoning chartbusters, we can infer his work seems to be forgotten. A few generations down the line, if people are unable to even recall his hits and the aura that he had in his heydays, then sadly the honest assessment states that the singer was a great personality only in his lifetime and not for a million lifetimes.

On the other hand there are musicians like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson whose works are being appreciated even years after their death. That is the true essence of appreciation. If people remember you, adore you and cherish what you have created and achieved in your lifetime, then it seems you have become one of those icons who are evergreen. You may be no more but you still hold importance and people are reminiscent about you. Hence, here the honest assessment states that your fame shall never die even though you have breathed your last.

Well, but that is not the end of the tale. I believe we should not measure the talent and creative potential of an artist by his fame during the days when he breathed life or after he was laid to rest. Rather, we should consider the impact they have created in totality in their lifetime with respect to positivity, progress and supported the causes relevant or pertinent to those times, by their passive support or active participation. Since, fame has always been a parameter to gauge a person's success we have quite unfairly forgotten the basic qualities that make a good human. Hence, if we try to shift our focus from measuring and quantifying a person's fame at any point in his life and instead consider his contribution to society then we are not only making ourselves better but also increasing our respect for the celebrity by million folds.

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Average: 7.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 366, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...e is a living legend. But mark my words a 'living' legend. What if in a...
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Line 5, column 25, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'singers'' or 'singer's'?
Suggestion: singers'; singer's
...ght move on. Does that mean that the singers success was ephemeral or transient? Sin...
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Line 7, column 332, Rule ID: WHO_NOUN[1]
Message: A noun should not follow "who". Try changing to a verb or maybe to 'who is a are'.
Suggestion: who is a are
...eems you have become one of those icons who are evergreen. You may be no more but you s...
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Line 9, column 439, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Since” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...assive support or active participation. Since, fame has always been a parameter to ga...
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Line 9, column 490, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
... has always been a parameter to gauge a persons success we have quite unfairly forgotte...
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Line 9, column 652, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
... focus from measuring and quantifying a persons fame at any point in his life and inste...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, if, may, so, still, then, well, with respect to, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 29.0 14.8657303371 195% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 11.3162921348 133% => OK
Pronoun: 70.0 33.0505617978 212% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2662.0 2235.4752809 119% => OK
No of words: 564.0 442.535393258 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.71985815603 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87326216964 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60491829352 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 290.0 215.323595506 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514184397163 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 837.9 704.065955056 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 72.0187308969 60.3974514979 119% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.48 118.986275619 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.56 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.36 5.21951772744 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.338521384838 0.243740707755 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0810479112754 0.0831039109588 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.167056456277 0.0758088955206 220% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.203623394906 0.150359130593 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.18997536651 0.0667264976115 285% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 12.1639044944 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.2 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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