Wait just a damn minute...

Here's an Amazon.com review I read on Boingboing:

"The lyrics consist of commonplace rhyming conversational prose, totally lacking in imagery, metaphor and anything else that separates verse from poetry."

Let's think about this. If the presence of imagery and metaphor separate verse from poetry, wouldn't that mean poetry doesn't have those things? The sheer asininity of this comment wounds my heart of hearts...

Also, does it depress anyone else that the Tolkien estate is trying to claim a trademark on the word "shire?"