Composition and Analysis
The song consists of six sections: introduction, ballad, guitar solo, opera, hard rock and outro. This format, with abrupt changes in style, tone and tempo, was unusual to rock music. An embryonic version of this style had already been utilised by the band in "My Fairy King" and "The March of the Black Queen".
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