in my opinion kipling was not a very good poet like c fox smith his poems imo work better as songs because they are written to a rythym. bob dylan songs that i think are amongst his better ones are masters of war,times they are changing, he specialise in not making his meaning clear in a good proprtion of his songs , one example, farewell angelina what the feck is that about, apart from a load of hippie cool cliches. blowing in the wind is better but still he deliberately writes meaningless lines example line one and two
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?another example
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
and this meaningless cliche
Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
a song full of vaguely progressive cliches, from an era when hippes sat around stoned saying how cool dylan was and nodding sagely and opting out of society,
it was just the sort of song that suits the establishment