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5:39 / Fall into Poetry / Sweet Wine


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Wine is heady stuff. A simple goblet of wine relaxes us; a mega-pint or a bottle can tip us into trouble.

Do you prefer the creamy full-body of a fine cabernet or the bite of a sauvignon blanc? Perhaps a medium red like a spicy Zinfandel or a lighter Riesling? Or a fruiter, sweet-forward wine, like a strawberry wine? Homemade, requiring only fresh strawberries, sugar, yeast, and water?

Hi, everyone. This week’s episode is another story-song, not a ballad of love, betrayal, and death. This is a sweet song which still has a bite, a rite of passage that leaves a heady memory in the speaker. It’s “Strawberry Wine,” launched into country music in 1996 but still speaking to all of us.

TIMINGS

  • 00:00 Welcome
  • 00:40 Introduction / “Strawberry Wine”
  • 02:42 Song Structure / 4 Requirements of Song
  • 06:28 Impact Events / Chorus
  • 08:27 Second Stanza / Bridge
  • 10:51 Speaker’s Dilemma / Inherent Drives
  • 14:20 Last Words / Closing
  • Total Run Time = 16:29

     

    LINKS

    Song Lyrics https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deanacarter/strawberrywine.html

    Video Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up06CryWQpE

    Bio of M. Berg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matraca_Berg

    Bio of G. Harrison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Harrison

    Analysis is All Original Content / No AI Used

     

    Link to Website https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2024/09/fall-into-poetry-sweet-wine.html

     

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