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I think that any music constitutes as poetry, and certainly the music of...

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:37:43 PST

I think that any music constitutes as poetry, and certainly the music of the 1960's would fit this description. Analyzing American music of the 1960's is how I end up teaching this decade. Simon and Garfunkel, Kris Kristofferson (already mentioned), The Doors, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez are but a few of the individuals that can constitute as "poets." This doesn't even scratch the surface. Country music and the sound of Motown all can provide...

Definitely. Arguably, I think that music is a more effective form of...

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:27:35 PST

Definitely. Arguably, I think that music is a more effective form of poetry if you decide to be persuassive when reading or writing poems. When we study lyric poetry as we listen to music, the music serves as an additional rhetorical device. It alters the tone and the mood-- our emotions as we read. My students study music lyrics/lyric poetry every Friday. I call their analysis "music journals." They annotate the lyrics...

Lyrics are definitely poetry. An interesting question would be, what is...

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:37:49 PST

Lyrics are definitely poetry. An interesting question would be, what is the effect of music on poetry. Listening to a Bob Dylan song is distinctly different to reading the lyrics. How does the musical rhythm, and the timbre of the voice effect the tone and meaning of the poem itself?

Yes, all songs are poetry--that's what lyric poetry is. When you talk...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:57:11 PST

Yes, all songs are poetry--that's what lyric poetry is. When you talk about the music of the 1960s, what comes to my mind is folk music, which certainly is poetry set to music. Carole King was even able to write beautiful poems and set them to pop music. Don't you feel like you're listening to a bard telling a story when you hear Aretha Franklin sing "You make me feel like a natural woman"? And James Taylor--everything he has written...

Music may not be poetry, but lyrics certainly can be, especially many of...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:31:09 PST

Music may not be poetry, but lyrics certainly can be, especially many of those of the 1960s, the heyday of singer-songwriters.Poetry can be defined as "condense, intense, experience." One 1960s era song that combines these three aspects (as well as adhering to a rhyme scheme) is "Me and Bobby McGee," performed by Janis Joplin and written by Kris Kristofferson. Here's a couple of stanzas:Busted flat in Baton...

Music is definitely poetry. Consider what a poem evokes, passion, love,...

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:10:37 PST

Music is definitely poetry. Consider what a poem evokes, passion, love, hate, anger, loss, sorrow. Music, even without lyrics can convey the same thing. When you add the lyrics, a story emerges from the music. Poetry like music exists to allow for the expression of human emotions and very often, people can connect through music or poetry by understanding a shared feeling that is difficult to express.

Is music poetry?

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 13:50:53 PST

Is American Music of the 1960s poetry?