Song lyrics in poems?

  • ASPHYXIATED
    19 years ago

    Well i have a poem...that i turned into a song by adding stuff but i just left it as a poem on the site..

    Lisa x)

  • Mark
    19 years ago

    ive wrote poems, using songs, and sometimes i add some lyrics

    mark

  • Just Ariel
    18 years ago

    i did once but it was because my x bf used to say it to me al the time and whe we broke up i put it as the opening to the poem, so i guess it depends on how you use them.

  • libby
    18 years ago

    Adriana, I believe I know what you're referring to, and yes, that would indeed be plagerizing, because as far as I know, you didn't credit the original author and tried to pass it off like you wrote it.

    I used song lyrics once, in a poem that I wrote with the recurring symbolism of Keith Richards (it made sense, I promise). I did put it in quotes though, and I think it was made pretty clear that those words weren't my own. I work titles of songs in often as well. If used properly, I think this can be a really effective technique in poetry, especially if your audience can identify.

  • Matthew A.
    18 years ago

    I do in poems i dont know what else to put.

  • lisa marie
    18 years ago

    i turn all my poems into songs. but i leave them as poems on this site.

  • Italian Stallion
    18 years ago

    Bump

  • Italian Stallion
    18 years ago

    bump