Songs for English Class

[Ellski]

Posted: 11/30/08 at 2:36pm

Starting 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]

Posted: 11/30/08 at 4:08pm

Anything John Lennon or Ben Folds.

[Prisoner 24601]

Posted: 11/30/08 at 11:00pm

I 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.

[SamanthaisFierce]

Posted: 11/30/08 at 11:41pm

I highly recommend "Marry Me a Little" from Company

[I*heart*Manhattan]

Posted: 12/1/08 at 11:40am

Take a look at Another Hundred people from Company

[Gothampc]

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"