Word: poetic
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...rapper’s manager, Howard Turkenkopf, Kabir’s first two albums were well received. “His stuff has a lot more in terms of intelligence and a sort of literary feel to it,” Turkenkopf said. “It is more poetic in nature compared to a lot of hip-hop stuff.” Turkenkopf said that although many young hip-hop artists address issues of social injustice, few share Kabir’s background. “He may not have [grown] up in the inner city, [or have...
...home sound of his earlier albums, and he has effectively expanded his lyrical and musical creativity without losing his distinctively homespun sound. His rendition of mellow folk music is reminiscent of early Johnny Cash; his lyrics, like Nick Drake’s, are literate enough to be considered vaguely poetic on their own. However, Ritter has a voice so emotive that these lyrics can become incomprehensible to the casual listener. One of the more Cash-like songs is “Good Man,” a romantic celebration of music, love, and open spaces that just misses the familiarity...
This strong sense of place in turn highlights an unexpectedly poetic contrast— the bleakness of the working-class Scottish life is offset by the strange power and beauty of the sea that surrounds the characters...
...would also have been illuminating. Paglia’s decided opinions about what makes a poem great inform her analysis in “Break, Blow, Burn,” and she devotes a few pages to her poetic philosophy in her introduction. But the greatness of almost all the poems she discusses here is uncontroversial, so her viewpoint does not emerge as clearly as it could...
...thing about this operetta is that it musically goes a step beyond the rest of the “Savoy Operas,” as the classic-era G&S operas were called. While the story is appropriately wacky and amusing, one appreciates when characters frequently stop to wax poetic or to throw off an endless stream of words in beautiful song...