Single-Stanza Song: Difference between revisions

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''a 26-second song.''|'''[[Shel Silverstein]]''', ''26 Second Song'' }}
''a 26-second song.''|'''[[Shel Silverstein]]''', ''26 Second Song'' }}


A [[Single-Stanza Song]] ''sounds'' like a case of [[Second Verse Curse]] or a [[Chorus-Only Song]], but there is one big difference: There really is only ''one'' stanza.
A '''Single-Stanza Song''' ''sounds'' like a case of [[Second Verse Curse]] or a [[Chorus-Only Song]], but there is one big difference: There really is only ''one'' stanza.


If there were ever other lyrics, they are lost to history. If these lyrics are repeated, it becomes [[Looped Lyrics]] (and if it repeats too much, [[Broken Record]]).
If there were ever other lyrics, they are lost to history. If these lyrics are repeated, it becomes [[Looped Lyrics]] (and if it repeats too much, [[Broken Record]]).
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* Parodied by Neil Innes's "Short Blues," which abruptly ends after one line of lyrics.
* Parodied by Neil Innes's "Short Blues," which abruptly ends after one line of lyrics.


=== Examples from other media: ===
=== Examples from other media ===


== Opera / [[Theatre]] ==
== Opera / [[Theatre]] ==