[OldOneEye]

Really small comment to what you wrote, but that's one of the things that make me love English over my own native language (Spanish): the way you can build and combine words to describe a complex idea, in a way that you would need a full sentence in other languages like French or Spanish.

Information density in the English language is higher than in romance languages, and that's great for work.

I vastly prefer to write documentation in English.

I, on the other hand, still prefer more indulgently verbose languages when it comes to lyricism and entertainment. There's a charm to it.

[Paul_Clayton]

For poetry, I think English has the advantage of Germanic and Latin roots. Such seems to offer some flexibility in tone.

The relative lack of conjugation and declension seems to hurt by constraining word order and reducing opportunities for sound similarity. Of course having rhymes be common also tends to reduce their impact.

Inflection (I think) is part of the cause of extra syllables, so has multiple impacts.

The length itself does seem to add something to the flow/lyricism, but I wonder if there is also a stronger sense of sound whereas English may be more a little more chaotic (not just having multiple roots but borrowing words more often).