The Poetry of Song Lyrics
We will be covering a unit on poetry in the near future, but before we begin I’d love to get a conversation going about some of your favorite song lyrics. Below are a few excerpts from some of my favorites. Please respond to them or post your own favorites.
Miss Morris 🙂
In the rain,
The pavement shines like silver.
All the lights,
Are misty in the river.
-from “On My Own” from the musical Les Miserables
I chose these lines because I think the simile comparing the pavement to silver is beautiful and it creates a vivid image in my mind when I read the lines. MM
Moving in silent desperation
Keeping an eye on the Holy Land
A hypothetical destination
Say, who is this walking man?
-from “Walking Man” by James Taylor
In these lines, I especially love the concept of a “hypothetical destination.” What does that mean? MM
Imagine no posessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brother hood of man
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
-from “Imagine” by John Lennon
I just think that these words are so inspirational and I really like the idea of a “brotherhood of man.” MM
