This week Lyrics are a type of poetry. Eleanor Rigby, a Beatles song, gives us a lot to think about
Poetry - a pleasure or a pain?
Poetry can be a happy or a hard thing to study. We don't often read poetry for pleasure nowadays and it's true that some poems can be difficult to follow.
You may be able to understand all the words of a poem, but trying to understand the meaning behind them can be complicated. But there is more poetry in modern life than you might think.
Introducing Eleanor
Lyrics of songs are a type of poetry. In the 1960s, Paul McCartney and John Lennon were members of a very successful pop group called The Beatles.
Forty years later, experts of modern poetry think the lyrics Lennon and McCartney wrote for some of their best songs can be read as poetry. Let's meet Eleanor Rigby.