“to come all that way, rifle in hand, with two thousand people marching at my heels, and then to trail feebly away, having done nothing—no, that was impossible.”

what purpose does the end phrase separated by the em dash serve in this sentence?

a. the phrase is meant to draw the reader away from the sentence.
b. the phrase is meant to qualify the author’s actions in relation to his first statement.
c. the phrase is meant to simplify and clarify the author’s first thought.
d. the phrase is meant to contrast what is possible and what is impossible.

Dylan is of course enormously influential. springsteen, who referred to him as “the father of my country” in his new born to run memoir, is one of many who were once known as “new dylans.” every singer-songwriter with a personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful language of rap. –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca which piece of evidence supports the claim that dylan’s rock lyrics are like poetry? he is enormously influential. his lyrics feature internal rhyme. singer-songwriters owe him a debt. someone called him “the father of my country.”