Analysis of "My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan

Analysis of "My Back Pages" "My Back Pages" Bob Dylan My guard stood hard When abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt somehow Ah, but I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. "My Back pages" by Bob Dylan can be interpreted in any number of ways by any number of people for …

…young mind. With "My Back Pages" Bob Dylan struck a chord (no rather horrible pun intended) at least with me (how frightfully cliché). By making reference to the innumerable mistakes youth make as a result of too much confidence in their own logic he heeds us against erring as he himself did. In conclusion, this piece, though small in words, imparts lessons larger and nobler than many works of a lesser caliber can in pages.