Poetry
This poem by Wordsworth describes daffodils that "dance" beside a lake.
What is "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
This animated movie turns cars into talking, feeling, and racing characters, including Lightning McQueen.
What is "Cars"?
In this Beatrix Potter tale, a mischievous bunny wears a blue coat and disobeys his mother’s warnings.
What is "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?
In this 2016 hit musical, the city of Los Angeles is described as "reaching for the heights" in the opening number.
What is "La La Land"?
This Bill Withers classic tells us that a certain "heavenly body" "ain't got nothing in the sky to do" when his love is away.
What is "Ain’t No Sunshine"?
This classic Edgar Allan Poe poem features a talking bird that repeats one haunting word.
What is "The Raven"?
A candelabra and a clock give advice and sing in this Disney fairy tale about a cursed prince.
What is "Beauty and the Beast"?
In this children’s classic, a wise spider named Charlotte helps save her pig friend Wilbur.
What is "Charlotte’s Web"?
In this hit Broadway musical, a sorceress sings about how "the rules and nature" are personified, as they refuse to be defied.
What is "Wicked"?
The wind and the sky "cry" in this 1984 Prince hit, where doves get emotional.
What is "When Doves Cry"?
In this Keats poem, an ancient object "speaks" of beauty and truth, frozen in time.
What is "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
This Pixar film follows a young robot left behind to clean up Earth, but his lonely existence changes when he finds a plant—and love.
What is "WALL-E"?
In this beloved children’s book by Margery Williams, a stuffed animal longs to become "real" through the power of love.
What is "The Velveteen Rabbit"?
In this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "Music of the Night" suggests that music itself has a mind of its own.
What is "The Phantom of the Opera"?
In this Rolling Stones song, the singer begs Time to have some sympathy and patience.
What is "Time Is on My Side"?
In this Emily Dickinson poem, Death is not a terrifying force, but a polite carriage driver.
What is "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?
The Circle of Life is on display in this 1994 Disney film, where the African savanna feels alive.
What is "The Lion King"?
In this surreal classic by Lewis Carroll, a grinning cat and a frantic rabbit guide a young girl through a strange land.
What is "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland"?
In this Stephen Sondheim musical, the forest is personified, acting as a force that listens, speaks, and changes those who enter them.
What is "Into the Woods"?
This 2011 Adele hit describes fire setting to this—which, if taken literally, would be quite the phenomenon.
What is rain? (What is "Set Fire to the Rain"?)
This short poem by Dickinson describes an abstract concept as "the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
What is "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"?
In this DreamWorks comedy, a feisty Gingerbread Man yells, "Not the gumdrop buttons!"
What is "Shrek"?
This touching Shel Silverstein book features a tree that loves and gives, even when it has nothing left.
What is "The Giving Tree"?
In this Cole Porter musical, the lyrics claim that "good authors too, who once knew better words, now only use four-letter words," implying that even language has lost its class.
What is "Anything Goes"?
In this 1965 Simon & Garfunkel classic, "the vision that was planted in my brain still remains" within the sound of this.
What is "The Sound of Silence"?