There's a poem called "War is Kind" by Stephen Crane. I'm sure that's where he got the line from. But where Crane's is in third and second person and very impersonal, Dylan's is in first person. It's much more personal and softer here. Both are sort of apostrophes in a way.
I love this song.
There's a poem called "War is Kind" by Stephen Crane. I'm sure that's where he got the line from. But where Crane's is in third and second person and very impersonal, Dylan's is in first person. It's much more personal and softer here. Both are sort of apostrophes in a way.