Do they convey love? If love what category? Wistfulness? Jealously? Young love? New Love? Unrequited love?
If you list complete lyrics in an attempt to inflate your word count, it will at least be an automatic 25 point penalty. If Turnitin flags it for plagiarism, you will fail the course.
Subjects you MUST consider in your compare and contrast paper:
The Sentiment of the song: Address the sentiment of both songs, e.g. do they convey love? If love what category? Wistfulness? Jealously? Young love? New Love? Unrequited love?
Compare and contrast the Lyrics of both songs: speak to the use of idiomatic phrases and language to convey sentiments. then contrast how the same images and emotions are conveyed by the different songwriters .
Music Support: Address how the music supports the sentiment of the lyrics. e.g. Minor key supports a lost love, major key supports “new” love.
Richness of the sonority are simple or complex harmonies used? Any unusual instrumentation or unusual chord progressions used.
Is the singer harmonizing with another singer or instrument?