| 单词 | song-poem |
| 释义 | > as lemmassong-poem song-poem n. (a) a poem set to music; a song whose lyrics are considered to have a particularly poetical character; (b) a composition by an amateur lyricist which is sent, typically in response to a classified advertisement, to an individual or company who arrange to have it set to music, performed, and recorded at the lyricist's expense; (also) the resulting song itself. ΚΠ 1884 Isle of Man Times 8 Nov. 5/2 How the well-known song-poem glorifies the humble subject of the ‘Village Blacksmith’! 1913 Amer. Rev. of Reviews Dec. 119/1 (advt.) Song poems wanted. 1934 L. Adamic Native's Return xii. 227 The song-poems are..a vast depository of the wisdom of Balkan Slavs and a moral code expressed in vivid images. 1978 J. Warner How to have your Hit Song Published i. 1 The term ‘musical compositions’ does now include song poems or other works consisting of words with no music. 1997 O. Trager Amer. Bk. of Dead 62/2 Its language, sweep, compassion, and universality make it one of Dylan's most profound song-poems. 2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Feb. ii. 27/1 For decades, people have been sending in lyrics, also known as song-poems, to faraway post office boxes. 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Nov. 37 A Canadian poet, novelist and songwriter whose erudite and self-aware song-poems found an instant audience in the more literate of the hippy generation. < as lemmas |
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