Few questions....
Restrictions on the length of the paper?
Criteria to be covered?

Things to think about.........
Who's your favorite poet?
Which song pulls at your emotions?

Waiting on the World to Change could be compared to
Langston Hughes's - In an Explanation of Our time...

If you want to shake things up a bit pull out the Beat Poets

or my favorite would be comparison of singer/poet/painter
Joni Mitchell.

Good luck and happy writing:)