Songs for English Class
Songs for English Class
#1Songs for English Class
Posted: 11/30/08 at 2:36pmStarting our poetry unit, everyone in my english class needs to pick out a song which we will later analyze the poetic-ness of or something like that...Anyway the point is I need a song. It doesn't have to be broadway but it does have to be something that is poetic, appropriate, and non-embarrassing (we will have to play it in front of the class). So once again, it doesn't have to be broadway, but it can be. Sorry if this is a little of topic on a broadway forum, but I would really appreciate some help. Thanks!
Juliash
Broadway Star Joined: 3/6/07
#2re: Songs for English Class
Posted: 11/30/08 at 11:00pmI would pick Sondheim cause he's the master of intricate, meaningful rhyme, double meaning, and allusion . His lyrics and references are fun to decipher, just like you'd decipher a poem. He's not as vaguely "poetic" as some other writers, but he packs a lot of meaning into a little bit of space, one of the hallmarks of good poetry.
-Was that a fart?
-My fault, I fear.
-My fault, I fear.
#3re: Songs for English Class
Posted: 11/30/08 at 11:41pmI highly recommend "Marry Me a Little" from Company
#4re: Songs for English Class
Posted: 12/1/08 at 11:40amTake a look at Another Hundred people from Company
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Songs for English Class
Posted: 12/2/08 at 2:24pm
"Stars" from Les Miserables
"Stars and the Moon" by Jason Robert Brown from "Songs for a New World"
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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