"The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ in order to escape burdensome social obligations.
the songs made reference to in this poem are (in order) -
A Song For Patsy Cline-The Wonder Years
The Sound Of Silence-Simon and Garfunkel
Madelyn-The Wonder Years
I Don't Like Who I Was Then- The Wonder Years