"Zor and Zam"

This is just a minor point, but the phrase "to one and to all" in the line "Out went the call to one and to all" at the beginning of the second verse of "Zor and Zam" contains a merism.

"Magnolia Simms"

In the line "After rain has fallen" in "Magnolia Simms," "fallen" is sung to a descending pair of notes spanning a fourth (C G), musically giving a sense of the word's meaning.

In the line "When she's walking so close by my side," "close" is sung with a melisma (C G), musically giving a sense of degree (for "so").

"P.O. Box 9847"

In the line "I'm not liking what I'm typing; throw it all away," in "P.O. Box 9847," "away" is sung with a melisma (Bb G), musically giving something of a sense of movement.

I think the song is in G major (for the most part, the chord progression just alternates between G major and C major), but under the lines "I've described me very poorly, better try again," "I've been writing advertising; that's not really me," and "I'm not liking what I'm typing; throw it all away," there's an Eb major.  This foreign tonality mirrors the narrator's dissatisfaction with what he's writing.

It's also significant that after the second verse, the narrator refers to what he's "been writing" (as if with pen and paper) but after the third verse, he talks about what he's "typing."  In the same way that each verse accentuates different aspects of his personality, he uses different methods of composition.

"The Poster"

I'm finally getting around to writing about some features I noticed in songs on The Birds, The Bees, & the Monkees.

In the line "A dancing bear and a circus clown; it's so funny" in "The Poster," the word "funny" is held for more than a full measure (five beats), and this length provides a sense of degree (for "so").

In the line "Oh, I can't wait to see ev'rything there," the three syllables of "ev'rything" are each sung to a different pitch (C# D E), musically giving a sense of breadth.