Lyrics vs. Poetry?

answers1: Lyrics go to a specific song but poetry comes from that persons heart
answers2: confusing factor. query using yahoo. just that might help!
answers3: lyrics are poetry put to music. the reason most people
understand lyrics better is that most poets try to use different ways
to communicate the same idea in poetry.
answers4: hmm. You can think of lyrics as free verse poetry. Free
versing is a form of poetry that does not implement any pattern
(stanza, meter, rhyme sceme, etc..). I would think that lyrics would
be easier to understand than poems. The writer would have a lot more
freedom writing free verse/lyrics, as opposed to the rigid form and
unchanging meters of a poem. <br>
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Also this is just my opinion, but i think poems are much more
antiquated than lyrical devices. The fact that most of the best poets
in history date back hundreds of years really contributes to the fact
that we have a harder time understanding it. Why? mainly because the
language back then isn't used in modern times. People who lived back
in Shakespeares' times probably had an easier time understanding what
he wrote. <br>
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Another thing. People tend to be more exposed to music than poetry.
They also find music more appealing. This might be a reason why more
people understand music better.
answers5: I need a good balance of the two. No matter how great the
lyrics are, if the beat and guitar sucks, I just can't listen.
Likewise, no matter how fabulous the accompaniment, if the lyrics are
dumb (and we've all heard those songs that make NO sense), I can't be
bothered to listen... Besides, I rarely just listen. I have to sing
along...
answers6: The major difference is audience. Lyrics are written for a
mass audience of people with disposable cash. Poetry is written for
an audience that understands literature. Obviously one is much larger
than the other. <br>
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Because of that initial difference, lyrics often times depend on
cliche and less grammatically correct language in order to keep the
beat. I poetry cliche is frowned upon as being lazy and grammatically
incorrect language is laughed at UNLESS it is cleverly deliberate and
is a device to make a point.