May 28, 2008 • 1 min read

Cambridge students analyse Winehouse lyrics

Cambridge English students were asked in an exam to compare Amy Winehouse's lyrics with work by Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday and Walter Raleigh.

More Winehouse stuff now, and according to reports, students at Cambridge University have been asked in exams to compare Amy's lyrics for 'Love Is Losing Game' to lyrics from songs by Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday and Walter Raleigh.

A spokesman for the institution said that students of English had always been asked to compare the work of writers and lyricists working at different times, and that the question was "interesting, but not news". Student newspaper The Cambridge Student said undergraduates were "surprised", however, to find the lyrics included alongside those from Bob Dylan's 'Boots Of Spanish Leather', Billie Holiday's 'Fine And Mellow' and Sir Walter Raleigh's 'As You Came From The Holy Land' in the exam.

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