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An Attempt at Analysis: What's So Good About Dylan?

Michael Gray, Oz, October 1967

DYLAN'S LYRICS are not poems, they are parts of songs. This is not to assert that Dylan is not a poet but simply to remember that he is certainly a pop singer. The medium he has chosen involves more than language — and therefore a number of limits are placed on the selection and organisation of language within his work.

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