An Introduction to the Lyrics of Bob Dylan
Some Notes on Style Lyrics are an important part of Dylan's music. His poetic ability, unpolished and unconventional vocal style and the candidness of his verses contribute to making the lyrics of his songs feel natural and sincere without sounding sentimental. Repetition is important to music in general, but is especially conspicuous in Dylan's songwriting. The recurrence of a word or a phrase at the end of every stanza where the repeated words or phrase is indicated in the song's title is a technique Dylan used consistently throughout his career. This template of song writing may be related to the wandering and independent nature of Dylan's verses and allows Dylan to write in a way that is at once disjointed and unified. Dylan's poetry centers on a singular theme or image which is repeated and refracted through varied stanzas that deal with the central idea in their own way. Political Dylan 1962 – 1964, Dylan's “early period” of song writing is characteriz