Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is a well known artist who is known for her crazy outfits and eccentric music. Did you know that her songs match many characteristics of romantic poetry and can be directly related to them?

For example, her song Born This Way has nearly every aspect of romantic poetry included in it. One major theme of romantic poetry is the celebration of the individual which is definitely a huge theme of the song. Gaga celebrates self love and encourages you to be yourself, despite your flaws, beliefs, or anything else. This is shown especially when she sings, “I’m beautiful in my way, ‘Cause God makes no mistakes, I’m on the right track, baby, I was born this way” and “Don’t hide yourself in regret, just love yourself and you’re set.” Gaga is a firm believer that everyone is perfect in their own way.

Another aspect of her song is the interest in the common man. She not only encourages people to love themselves, but to accept everyone around them. You can assume this from her lyrics “We are all born superstars,” and “Give yourself prudence

And love your friends.” You can really tell that she feels all people should be equal.

Gaga also conveys a strong sense of emotion throughout her song. She expresses her belief with strong and powerful lyrics, and the tone of the song makes it seem positive. One example of this is when Gaga says, “Whether you're broke or evergreen, You're black, white, beige, chola descent”. She goes even further into the diversity of people through saying, “No matter gay, straight, or bi,Lesbian, transgendered life.” She believes in acceptance and that everyone, no matter their race or orientation, is beautiful and should be themselves.

Even though Lady Gaga is often seen as a pop sensation, she is a lot more like romantic poets than meets the eye. In fact, I particularly associate her with William Wordsworth. Many may not see this connection, but in his poem, Lines Written In Early Spring, Wordsworth expresses his unhappiness with men and how he believes they have doomed themselves. Through the line, “What man has made of man,” he talks about the fact that men have made themselves very flawed. Although Gaga does not directly state it, she wishes men to accept each other and change their views on minorities. Both Wordsworth and Gaga want a change in humanity. Both use elements of romantic poetry in their works of art.