Poets and pop stars

The nineteenth-century British poets, Shelley and Byron,

wrote poems which were as popular as today's pop songs. And
song writers such as John Lennon and Paul Mcartney ha!e
written some o" the twentieth century's #est !erse. So what's
the di""erence #etween pop songs and poetry$
Both songs and poems tell a story or tal% a#out "eelings.
Songs in particular deal with the di""erent stages in a
relationship, such as "alling in lo!e or #rea%ing up. The words
and ideas in songs are usually easier to understand than those
in 'serious' poetry. &owe!er, talented per"ormers li%e Paul
Mcartney, or new stars li%e 'o##ie (illiams, o"ten gi!e
simple songs more e)pression when they per"orm them. And
some o" the #est lines "rom pop lyrics are as #eauti"ul as
poetry.
So although pop music and poetry have many
diferences, they do have one important thing in
common: the power to make us think about how
we feel.