On 7 Jul 2005 17:03:18 -0700, "The Historian"
wrote:

Mike Murray wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:32:49 +0200, Jürgen R. wrote:

This is supposed to be a 'poem', I suppose. Embarrassingly weak.

A song is not a poem. It's unfair to judge song lyrics without
knowing the constraints imposed by the melody.

Nonsense. Song lyrics are poems; here's Exhibit A:

Your claim is one often made by the musically ignorant (I'm not
categorizing you that way -- your comment may be an aberration).

The song is not just the music. The *song* includes both lyrics and
melody and rhythm, etc. Some song lyrics can stand independently as
well-constructed poems, some not. Many poems have been successfully
set to music.

Here's something you can read so you'll be less likely to embarrass
yourself in the future.

http://www.iwritethesongs.com/articl..._vs_poetry.cfm