Love Through the Ages

I personally find it hard to compare modern songs with these older poems. Personally I find that I lean more towards the modern songs because that is my personal preference, but I also can certainly appreciate these poems as well. There is a depth to them that is impressive and inspiring. There is such power and thought behind them that I think touches all of our hearts, and a passion as well. They also have a different purpose behind them, in some cases, than the more modern songs might possess.
These poems are written for varying reasons, as with anything. In my personal opinion they are often written to woo the girl who they are after, or describe her, or something of the sort. Sometimes they tell a story of love, or how a heart is broke, really anything is possible. But these poems are written with a true sense of passion, its almost palpable as you read it, impressively so. They go into such detail and specifics, it is rarely matched, especially in today's form of poetry, which is primarily music. As I said, I generally am not a huge poem person, but I greatly enjoy and appreciate the passion in these poems, how strongly they are written. They always make me wonder, what must this girl have been like to inspire such a poem to be written about her. One of Shakespeares sonnets I had to memorize in high school was like that, it was written so that even once this girl had passed on, her beauty, her memory, would live on forever through his words, and they clearly have. I actually liked that sonnet, which is certainly saying alot.
When it comes to modern pop songs, I am far from an expert. I honestly rarely listen to common popular music anymore, I'm nearly always listening to my ipod, which has rather minimal amounts of pop music. I do know some though, and I generally get the idea that they tend to tell a story of love, in some sense. While there are exceptions, I also feel that the primary passion of the poems is often lacking in these modern songs. I feel there are many reasons as to why this is so, one of which being that we ourselves might lack that passion. How many men actually appreciate women on that level anymore? Definitely something to consider. However, I like the modern songs because I love the stories that are painted. They might not have that passion, but they can so clearly spell out that story, and within it you find hints of that passion.
I'll post at the bottom of this the lyrics I'm about to talk about. I recently found a song through Pandora radio that I personally really like. It is called "Pocket Change" by Josh Damigo. Just a simple acoustic song that tells a little story, but for some reason I really like it. It talks about this guy who is just playing his guitar and singing on a street corner, thinking about a girl he's no longer with. The key line is "He sings a song that he wrote for her, even though she's miles and miles away." I love that. Especially when it is sung, I hear such passion in that line, that this guy, whoever he was, cared so much about this girl that he is singing for her, even though she is not there. That is the passion that I love.
So I could not find the full lyrics anywhere online so I wrote down some of the main chorus at least.
You see back where he's from there's a girl who broke his heart
That blonde hair and giggle just tore the boy apart
So he's driving to the city where he flat out disappears
Second street and broadway in a town not far from here
And he sings the song that he wrote for her
Even though she's miles and miles away
And he dreams of when he held her close
Yeah cause oh how times have changed
Then he switches to a minor key but her memory wont fade away