Timeline for Meaning of "I shut my eyes to hold my breath"
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| Nov 17, 2021 at 17:20 | comment | added | Tinfoil Hat | @forest: The rhetorical device — whether in lyrics or prose — is called paradox: a statement that is self-contradictory. | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 15:15 | comment | added | Mitch | I think the adjective 'absurd' and noun 'nonsense' are what are used for description. I don't think 'nonsense poetry' is a set phrase for the genre. So it would be well understood, but linguistically it is not a category. There is 'nonsense poetry' which does not make it a set phrase/linguistic category though it might be considered a category. There they mention 'amphigory' which seems to be archaic (and of questionable provenance - it is not used nowadays). | |
| Nov 15, 2021 at 23:30 | comment | added | forest | @Mitch I meant a term specific to the lyrical technique. I take it you mean there is none? | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 21:43 | comment | added | Mitch | @forest Yes, it's called 'absurd' or 'nonsense'. | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 7:29 | comment | added | forest | @AntonSherwood is there a term for this kind of non-sequitur in lyrics? | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 7:24 | comment | added | Anton Sherwood | The older song “Nottamun Town” has similar nonsense: “I called for a quaff [=drink] to drive gladness away / To stifle the dust for it rained the whole day.” | |
| Nov 14, 2021 at 6:13 | vote | accept | forest | ||
| Nov 14, 2021 at 6:00 | history | answered | Pete | CC BY-SA 4.0 |