Many people have described Mr. Daley, 68, as calmer since he announced his decision on Tuesday, but in the interview he seemed every bit his usual self — blunt, certain and hardly given to flowery, sentimental reflections.
Maybe there are precious memories of summers in Bournemouth, seeing the castle in Edinburgh in the winter, sentimental reflections that really should be re-tread while the chance is there?
Mr. Gordon's lushly lyrical tune, in which every foursquare phrase ends with a prolonged high note (ideal for Ms. Fleming's sumptuous upper range), and the pop-ballad-like accompaniment combine to make Dickinson's acute, unflinching poetic reflections seem like sentimental pop lyrics.
"The Housatonic at Stockbridge" turns a sentimental, pastoral poem into a profound reflection on identity.
The essay "Naive and Sentimental Poetry" presents itself as a reflection on two types of poetry one spontaneous and natural (naiv), the other forced and calculated, a product of will and laborious poetic engineering (sentimentalisch).
Given where we now are, an island as never before, it is impossible to see such patriotic commemorations as either an innocent reflection on history, or a sentimental sideshow.
But without wanting to sound like some sentimental Trade Unionist, these places are about community, integration, reflection – family, even. .
They also noted that as a reflection of the story, the score is a "little wistful ... and sentimental".
The films that have replaced the western do not offer the cohesive reflection or ongoing critique of the American way that it did, even as the most nostalgic and sentimental of entertainments.
