In comparison to his contemporaries, his lyrics stand out by their humour and even irony.

Germans are indeed ironic - they will also almost always say: "What do you mean by German irony?

They squeezed the real meaning out of the word and made it vulnerable to infection by irony.

It depends, in part, on what you mean by irony, which has become a critical term of nearly infinite elasticity.

To me, it sounded more in the spirit of raillery, only touched, not permeated, by irony.

The poems are pure, untainted by irony, naked and delighted with being.

The first set of numbers expressed patriotism tinged by both hope and irony.

For those raised on television, even the large screen is emotionally small, easily encompassed by irony.

Guilhem's poetry is in general light, easy-going, and characterised by irony.

Not all the stories in the collection are somber; several show the author's ability to make her points about a controlled life by irony and humor.