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Going to the visual is another game altogether.
And I acknowledge that certain sounds do not translate well on the page.
That said, there are many variables to take into account when deeming something poetically beautiful. Bryan Adams lyrics are banal, but I'm sure they can be recontextualized to be made beautiful. There is no infallible formula for these things.
"Lyrics" can refer to both the written word and the vocalized. Poetry can work either way as well.
This all relates to our topic at hand.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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