YungHegelian1312’s markup is a classic example of people flattening historical development. Not only is the line labelling Morrissey as the one with the “big nose” in this situation (supported by him boasting about how well-read he is), but Morrissey’s contemporary abhorrence and fascistic views are quite clearly being anachronistically and retroactively applied by weak armchair psychology. It is easy to attack Morrissey on his disgusting beliefs. There is no need to drum up delusions for it. Sometimes, salt is just salt.

He’s always been so based.

Morrissey dogwhistles jewish people. The belief that there are a kabal of jews who control the world, and “know” everything is a belief of the fascist movement, which we know Morrissey is a part of.

It’s amusing that some people don’t want Yeats to be an English-language poet. Yet when people read English poetry in school, they read Yeats. That doesn’t mean he’s not Irish too.

There’s also a subtle colonial critique, in that both “sides” in the battle of “English language mastery” have an Irishman firmly within their ranks. Morrissey himself has Irish ancestry, that he has a somewhat conflicted relationship with (see the Moz song “Irish Blood, English Heart” e.g.,). Wilde and Yeats are both ineluctably Irish, regardless of what language they write in. The colonized has usurped the master. Keats and Yeats may represent an unsynthesized notion of “Englishness” and “Irishness”, whereas Wilde, of Irish birth but socially integrated into English society (until the scandal that saw him imprisoned for “the love that dare not speak its name”). In that regard, Wilde, and by proxy, Morrissey, may represent the “correct” synthesis between the two.

On the comment that the words “Keats” and “Yeats” look like they would rhyme but do not– the line “Keats and Yeats are on your side” is also less assonant than the line “While Wilde is on mine,” in which the sounds almost start to blend together. Oscar Wilde is a totally different kind of writer than Keats and Yeats. He’s a lot more satirical and less earnest. Morrissey could be suggesting that the satire of the “cemetry” is lost upon the person he is addressing. And ironically, the line about the two poets is less poetic than the line about Wilde, who is known for prose. This also fits with the upbeat melody of the song, which contrasts with its seemingly dark subject matter. Similarly, the person who likes Keats and Yeats uses verbose (though stolen) language that contrasts with the speaker’s own humorously simple language: “I want to cry,” etc.

Explain who Keats, Yeats, and Wilde are

To add, Wilde and Wild are homophones, adding to the humourous satirical tone of plagiarism!

Not sure we can assume “cemetry” has to be a mistake rather than deliberate.

Yeats wrote in English; therefore he is an English-language poet.

Its interesting to note Morrissey’s claim that Wilde is on his side. The song itself is about plagiarism and Morrissey himself was notorious for having taken lines from works of literature to use in his lyrics. Wilde being on his side could be a read as Morrissey believing that Wilde would support his plagiarism. After all, Wilde did famously say that “Talent borrows, Genius steals!”

He could be referring to how they’re disliked or unpopular with the rest of the people their age: sunny days are dreaded since it means the others will be out and about, and him and his friend might be targeted and taunted or physically bullied. Also, above commenter: Yeats is Irish.

Are “sunny” and “dreaded” truly paradoxical? I think not; although “sunny” is generally meant to mean something pretty or pleasureful, a lot of people don’t like sunlight, and the word doesn’t always necessitate a nice connotation.

@oliviafromtwelfthnight Thanks for the actual content. I have merged it with my previous proposed edit. Maybe someday someone will respond to it.

Ha. How droll. “being a dick” and “Richard III”. “Such wit,” he mocked, seething with sarcasm. Cut the lines about attempting to determine exactly how many times he’s heard the quote and the tortured Richard pun and then there’s a serious annotation there. But this is just bad.