This is How Queen Elsa is Like Shakespeare

Seriously, what does shape have to do with anything, how does the literal shape of a poem structure effect anything? Songs. Songs are basically poems sung to music. When you think of songs, you can usually imagine some sort of structure, kind of like how a sonnet is usually a square. When I think of songs, I usually see a pretty recognizable hourglass like shape.  Each >< part of the hourglass means a chorus that usually pertains to the title of the song. Each <> part shows of the lines that do not rhyme, those that you do not memorize as fast, but usually hold the most meaning and sense behind each song, unlike the catchy chorus.

As overdone as it is now, "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen is ingrained into the heart and minds of millions around the globe. In Frozen, Elsa, the Snow Queen, is tormented by herself and her own, hidden power. Her flaws and struggles from having to hide herself from her beloved sister (post parent death) has not contributed positively to her being. In the song, in the <> part, Elsa sings about not being the perfect girl her parents expected her to be, not concealing herself, and building up to letting it go. Weird as it might seem, this is how Frozen can, in a way, be connected to the poets and epic ballads of old. The catchy, drawing lines in the obvious parts always draw you in, but whether it is "Sonnet 18", or "For The First Time In Forever", it is the thought-bending, contributing lines of the song or poem that holds the most meaning, and that is how the literal layout and shape of the piece contributes.

Because in Sonnet 18, it may seem to be Shakespeare flirting with some lover or other being, at first glance. But once again, when you get into the good dark meat of the sonnet, can look at it as an even distribution, it adds more depth and more feeling. By comparing this person to both the hot and the cloudy, the perfect and imperfect, it shows how his words are not just seeming to be the general cliche that poets of his age tended to use. But since Shakespeare never refers to the being as a woman or man, and how he states that as long as people can see, this poem will speak the truth about a specific person. This makes it relate able to everyone, just like how Let It Go's message of casting out the expected and being yourself can also be true to a specific person. So Mr. Lindsey, next time you see a song, and think, "Oh, this overplayed annoying piece of trash is on again", think about the message this artist may be trying to pursue to an audience through a song, or poem, or story, or ballad. Even though Poker Face seems to be about some really intense poker game, its really about Gaga's lesbian activities. And even though Frozen seems to be another Disney movie empowering young women and making misogynistic men weep their hopes and dreams of putting down women, its a movie about how someone can be their self. 

P.S.- Also, if you want the key to someone's heart, write a poem saying how they are at best average, but of course, average is perfect.