From the close readings i've done covering songs from "Free Wheelin", I've noticed that all of the songs are written in very informal venacular, and utlize sarcasim in subtle ways. In the song "Talking WWIII", Dylan makes several flipant statements about the actions of the society he exhisted in, late 1950's early 1960's. His reactions to the isolation, and self serving nature of America at the time is expressed well through lines like, "He screamed a bit and flew away...thought i was a communist " and "A shotgun fired and away i ran...i don't blame them too much though, He didn't know me." I think by writting very informal, observant and sarcastic works he helped define the "beatnick" and following "hippy" movements of the era.
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