Translate the poem into modern, familiar english. do a line-by-line translation, deleting the original lines as you progress. "why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid, edward, edward, why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid. and why sae sad gang yee o? " "o i hae killed my hauke sae guid, mither, mither o i hae killed my hauke sae guid, and i had nae mair bot hee o." "your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, edward, edward, your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, my deir son i tell thee o." "o i hae killed my reid-roan steid, mither, mither, o i hae killed my reid-roan steid, that erst was sae fair and frie o."

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.”