CUNY Academic Commons

In the poem “Of the Same”, the poet and his lover both feels hurt. Rihanna and Ne-Yo’s song “Hate That I Love You” does a amazing job at illustrating the theme of the poem. Rihanna and Ne-Yo explains that they […]

In this song the hip hop artist , Kayne West, expresses himself as he state that he wants to be free. I chose this music video to represent the poem “The lover suspected blamath yll tonges” because Kayne express […]

This song remind me of the poem “The lover being made thrall by love,  perciveth how great a losses is libertye”.  In the movie Diary of a Mad black women the main character gave up on love and just like the p […]

Tottel’s Miscellany is a book of English poetry written by many famous poets.  These poems are written in the old English context which is difficult for readers today to understand.  With help from the Oxford E […]

“Have you ever heard something so harsh?
My soul remembers her.
Something caused her to be more closed.
As she sit and sue each piece
It startle my heart and gave me more pain
and she thinks it’s over
And […]

“I’ve learn to have freedom
By giving up what I want the most
When I first fell in love
The hurt that developed in my chest
I regret that I laid my eyes
So now I must take them off
This is just […]

” Stressed out and my mind is wandering
To say that I am guilty
I will prove my loyalty
Which time will tell
News is spreading
Crimes I am accused of
In the long run,  I am not doubting it
The truth […]

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