How do the central ideas of the destruction of the past and survival in the present interact within the text? The poet gives examples of how the past is preserved through memories, monuments, or transformations.
The poet judges that all that was good and decent in the past has been completely destroyed.
The poet alludes to the total destruction of the universe with his reference to Hiroshima and the dropping of the nuclear bomb.
The poet creates images to suggest humans and animals all face the same mortality.

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.”