It's All
Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
"Advertising
signs that con you
Into thinking
you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you
You loose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand without nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you."
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you
You loose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand without nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you."
I chose to
write about a song by Bob Dylan, called "It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only
Bleeding)". This song was written in the 1960s, which was when the hippie
generation was taking place and the Vietnam War was in forefront of everyone's
minds. The first verse talks about how propaganda has made it seem that the
people of America can do anything, but as these people are thinking about what
they can do life still goes on around them. The second verse talks about people
who lost themselves discovered themselves again but now they have no one around
them, they lost no only themselves but what they had. I would say this song is
a confession. Dylan is giving his own opinions on what he sees during the
1960s. He is talking to the people of America who were living during these
times of war and hippie movement. The first verse has a rhyme scheme of ABBBBA,
and the second verse has a rhyme scheme of CCCCCDE. The last two words in
each verse rhyme in most of the song. This rhyming of the last words in each
verse happens through most of the song. The way Bob Dylan rhymes in this
song is amazing, it really sounds like a rap song, even though he is playing
guitar and harmonica. This song is about seven minutes long and he rhymes for
all of those minutes. The use of rhyme, the stories and meaning is the
overpowering techniques in this song.
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