Middle English Lyrics: From Old English Elegies-> to Middle English Lyrics // Lyrics & Modern Music: The Unchanging Human Heart by Amanda Tillman

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Keep on Loving you by REO speedwagon

2024-09-05 17:00:51 UTC

Both "Blow Northern Wind" and "Keep on Loving you" are talking about a lover that is out of their reach. In "Keep on Loving you" a lyric that shows the topic is "You should have seen by the look in my eyes, baby / There was somethin' missin" and a similar lyric in "Blow Northern Wind" is "For her love I mourn and moan..." which both show that both of the speakers are talking about a lover that is "missing" from their lives. One difference between the two is that "Blow Northern Wind" describes the lover for the majority of the poem, while "Keep on Loving You" does not describe the speaker's love.

"Until I Found You" || Cora

2024-09-05 17:02:42 UTC

both this song and this lyric is by men that say they will never fall in love unless its her. they only want her and will no longer go for anyone else. this shows that to this day we still keep things from the Middle English Era.

Rose Colored Lenses- Miley Cyrus || Ayla

2024-09-05 17:03:40 UTC

This song is about how someone can be blinded by love. They tend to only see the good things in a person or a relationship and avoid the bad. This relates to my lyrics "Spring Song" because it talks about how beautiful spring is and the joy it brings. Both the song and poem are like in a "perfect" world and overlook the reality.

Baby, I'm Yours - Cass Elliot || Nelly

2024-09-05 17:04:24 UTC

Themes they have in common are nature and loyalty, shown when the poet describes his love's spring beauty and Cass Elliot says "..until the river runs dry". Different themes include the poet's recurring worry of his love leaving him, shown when he says "Lest any reave me, much I fear, and leave me mate less and forlorn".

2024-09-05 17:05:13 UTC

In "When the Nightingale Sings" it talks about how he loved a girl so much but then lost her. In the song "I Love You, I'm Sorry" by Gracie Abrams she also talks about how she loved a guy but can't love him anymore/also lost that love. In both songs they talk about their feelings and how heartbroken they are. They explain the pain they feel for no longer being able to love the person. They both also have longer titles to the songs.

Lighter Than Air- Ace of Hearts

nanthony9293_ — 2024-09-06 01:10:22 UTC

This song shares the same upbeat tones as the ones Spring Song. Both declare the feelings of being "lighter than air" and "thrill". There is also a subtle uncertainty linked with the song and the poem. "Lighter than air" follows the narrative of an individual with unrequited love but an unwavering heart. In the final lines of the poem, the author admits he might miss the festivities of spring love if he is rejected. Leaving readers and listeners to wonder if these two will ever achieve the love that they desire.

hsalinas5934 — 2024-09-06 04:14:27 UTC

In When the Nightingale Sings, we can see the speaker reminiscing on the pain and beauty of unrequited love. Comparatively both the song Lover, You Should've Come Over and the poem both demonstrate themes of regret and deep longing for unfufilled love.

I Want You to Want Me - Letters to Celo

medinamayah — 2024-09-06 04:18:52 UTC

In the song the artist is singing about longing for the love of someone. They are wishing to receive the same admiration from a specific person. It's similar to the poem by having the same aspects of desire for another person.

Translation: Latin Translated: “Where are those who were before us?”

atillm — 2024-09-06 15:10:04 UTC

English Translation Available (but quotes MUST be in the original OE/ME)

atillm — 2024-09-06 15:29:00 UTC

Legacy & Memory in "The Wanderer" and "Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt?"

ncepeda4890 — 2024-09-06 16:32:09 UTC

Legacy and memory is first seen in "The Wanderer" as critical to the story at hand as the titular wanderer recalls fondly of his fallen companions. While sulking in his new solitude, he states "Then the memory of kinsmen crosses his mind; he greets them with songs; he gazes on them eagerly" (The Wanderer, 101). Even though they are gone, he can keep their memory alive by revisiting precious moments they shared when they were alive. At the very end, he pivots to describing how life is fleeting, and the only way to live forever is by turning to God. In "Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt", a similar theme is explored. The idea of legacy evolves into religion, as the narrator here says that the people before "...took their heaven while they were here" (Ubi Sunt. 328) and now "in hell they lie in fere" (Ubi Sunt. 328). As opposed to the previous narrator, who cherished the memory of his friends, this narrator saw them as selfish hedonists now burning in hell. This shows how the Old English theme of legacy slowly evolved into religion once in the Middle Ages.

Comparing fate with religion and morality|| Gabbi

gramirez9287 — 2024-09-06 16:33:30 UTC

In Middle English, fate is now included within religion and spirituality. Your fate is decided by God, and your fate determines your morality. In "The Wanderer," we can see the start of fate being woven into religion from the line "Often the solitary man prays for favour, for the mercy of the Lord, though, sad at heart, he must needs stir with his bands for a weary while the icy sea across the watery ways, must journey the paths of exile; settled in truth is fate!" In this poem, we see the speaker stating that the character is looking for mercy from God, but because of his journey as a nomad, his fate is to suffer the cold winter in order to gain wisdom. We can also see this combination in "Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt" in the line "They took their heaven while they were here And now in hell they lie in fere; The fire it burneth ever, Long is ay, and long is o," which shows that the way you live determines Gods decision for your fate, so in this poem their fate was to go to hell.

kinship & loyalty in "The wanderer" and "Ubi Stunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt"

cgarfield2606 — 2024-09-06 16:34:23 UTC

"A wise man must see how dreary it will be when all the

riches of this world stand waste, as in different places throughout this world walls stand, blown upon by winds, hung with frost, the dwellings in ruins." (the wanderer). Throughout this poem we can tell that the speaker has big morals and one of these morals Is kinship and loyalty. But throughout you can tell that the speaker doesn't preach about loyalty and kinship but considers it as enduring values.

in the poem " udi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt" the title stands for "Where are those who were in front of us?" showing kinship and loyalty to the people in the past. this shows us how both poems while they dont exactly say it they are both talking about kinship and loyalty and how important it is.

Nature and the Natural World

hsalinas5934 — 2024-09-06 16:35:16 UTC

The Wanderer discusses the theme of nature as a both physical and mental challenge to overcome. "Everything is full of hardship in the kingdom of earth; the decree of fate changes the world under the heavens." In the context of The Wanderer we can see how in persevering through violent forces of nature also reflects the emotional turmoil the speaker is going through. Similarly, in the middle ages we see the theme of Nature overlapping with themes of religion, especially when we can see the emergence of Christian faith. However, it's important to note that Pagan traditions still impacted the way communities interpreted nature despite them converting to Christianity.

atabora4096 — 2024-09-06 16:37:16 UTC

The poem "The Wanderer" focuses on the theme of religion and spirituality very lightly. It begins with describing more beliefs on fate and someone's emotional spirit like in the quote, "The man weary in spirit cannot withstand fate," (line 15). As you continue reading the poem mentions them having lords but also continues to mention spirituality until the switch at the very end. In the end of the poem we finally get a sliver of Christian views that slowly start integrating themselves into more modern poems. For example, in the poem "Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt" it only hits on the themes of religion where it says, "They took their heaven while they were here And now in hell they lie in fere; The fire it burneth ever," (lines 19-21). Throughout the poem, once we get to lines 19-21, it's kind of describing the morals of people back then by describing their actions and how they relished in the greatness of life but then it all was abandoned and now are in hell in fear. Overall, both poems slightly touch on religion and Christianity as it is slowly being introduced in their time periods.

OE Themes to ME Themes

abrand8274 — 2024-09-06 16:38:07 UTC

The poem "The Wanderer" relates to the theme of the hero's journey because the narrator is set off into the sea by himself. He experiences loneliness and depression from the loss of his lord. This journey though makes him reflect on the past and how things were by saying, "Whither has gone the man? Whither has gone the giver of treasure?" (Anonymous, 101). He is emphasizing how things have changed which is similar to what "Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos Fuerunt" starts with. In this lyric compared to "The Wanderer", hero's journey isn't quite apparent as a theme anymore. Instead, it represents religion and morality which is a middle English theme. It's shown when the speaker says, "They took their heaven while they were here and now in hell they lie in fere" (Anonymous, 328). Religion and morality is shown through this line by the speaker saying how people made bad decisions and took life for granted and now they're paying it for it by living in "hell".

Heroism and Valor in "The Wanderer" and "Ubi Snut Qui Ante Nos Fuernut?"

medinamayah — 2024-09-07 04:36:28 UTC

In the poem "The Wanderer" heroism is shown through describing the equalities that make a person a wise man or hero. "A wise man must see how dreary it will be when all the riches of this world stand to waste" (lines 38-39). During this Period people lived their lives according to the qualities of a hero and were highy influenced by the value of the status. While in the poem "Ubi Snut Qui Ante Nos Fuernut?" people are driven by joy and enrichment. "They ate and drank and made them glad, Their life was all with pleasure led" (lines 7-8). In this line from the poem, it speaks about how people now live for pleasure rather than the status of a hero. From Old English to Middle English the theme of heroism developed into themes of enjoyment and enrichment.

Grief and Loneliness in "The Wanderer" And "Where are those who were before us?"

nanthony9293_ — 2024-09-08 00:41:11 UTC

The themes of grief and loneliness can still be felt from "the wanderer" to "where are those who were before us". This shows us that despite moving from OE to ME, history has repeated itself and people still yearn for points in time where everything was considered "good" by their standards. In a very similar sentiment that caught my attention, both elegies begin mourning for things that have seemingly gone away in their time periods with the lines "Whither has gone the horse? Whither has gone the man?" in "the wanderer" and "Where is the laughing and the song?" in "where are those who were before us?". This grief could also be linked with the theme of social order with the world not being the way it once was and feeling sorrow over the loss of the old way. This idea can also be felt when the author of "Where are those who were before us?" questioning the whereabouts of "Ladies rich in bowers fair". Revealing to us that maybe women's social standings have somewhat decreased. In conclusion, even though there is a difference in the time periods, ME have retained the concepts of loneliness and despair from their ancestors of OE.