| He's always been a cryptic songwriter, fond of oblique references and catchy off-the-wall phrasings, but here his metaphors and jests are haunted with regret and suspicion. |
| Thus, a strong accent similar to Central Ontarian is heard, yet many different phrasings exist. |
| By the time he suggests that the verse inclines towards the pentameter, it is clear that it has not occurred to him that the phrasings are of formal significance. |
| To the delight of nineteenth-century readers, phrasings were predictably grandiloquent. |
