Dylan wrote alot of lyrics with somewhat obscured meanings which could be interpreted, but I like to take Lay Lady Lay literally. -It's a man wanting the company of a woman I feel that rarely is there one simple meaning to a Dylan song. Therefore I consider it no coincidence that the style of the "poem" could be referd to as a "lay" dictionary.die.net/lay here are the various definitions of the word lay Also a "lay lady" could easily mean, a normal average lady, as in lay person, lay man or lay lady.
Thyere is almost no denying the sexual nature though he's asking Sara not to leave him.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.