Editing Song structure (section)

===Verse===<!--[[Verse (popular music)]] redirects directly here-->
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{{Main article|Verse–chorus form}}
In popular music, a '''verse''' roughly corresponds to a poetic ''[[stanza]]'' because it consists of rhyming lyrics most often with an AABB or ABAB [[rhyme scheme]]. When two or more sections of the song have almost identical music but different lyrics, each section is considered one verse.

Musically, "the verse is to be understood as a unit that [[prolongation|prolongs]] the [[tonic (music)|tonic]]....The musical structure of the verse nearly always recurs at least once with a different set of lyrics."<ref>Everett, Walter (1999). ''The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology'', p.15. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|9780195129410}}.</ref> The tonic or "home key" chord of a song can be prolonged in a number of ways. Pop and rock songs often use chords closely related to the tonic, such as iii or vi, to prolong the tonic. In the key of C Major, the iii chord would be E Minor and the vi chord would be A Minor. These chords are considered closely related to the tonic because they share chord tones. For example, the chord E Minor includes the notes '''E''' and '''G''', both of which are part of the C Major triad. Similarly, the chord A Minor includes the notes '''C''' and '''E''', both part of the C Major triad.

Lyrically, "the verse contains the details of the song: the story, the events, images and emotions that the writer wishes to express....Each verse will have different lyrics from the others."<ref name="D&H6">Davidson, Miriam; Heartwood, Kiya (1996). ''Songwriting for Beginners'', p.6. Alfred Music Publishing. {{ISBN|0739020005}}.</ref> "A verse exists primarily to support the chorus or refrain...both musically and lyrically."<ref name="Cope68"/> A verse of a song, is a repeated sung melody where the words change from use to use (though not necessarily a great deal).