The Intertextual Criticism of TTPD

Album’s self-titled song said “you’re not Dylan Thomas. This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel.” Totally modern bad grammar and “modern idiots”. Too mean and too straightforward.

Joan Baez said to Bob Dylan “you said my poetry was lousy but I remember your eyes bluer than Robin’s egg.”

Jains Joplin said to Leonard Cohen in Chelsea Hotel “I prefer handsome men but can make an exception. We are ugly but we had the music.”

Lana Del Rey said “Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul.” For Taylor, the answer is a big No, apperantly.

Taylor 素以叙事性见长，故少比兴之义。通篇有我之境，终难得风人之旨。

（想起PKU长聘副教授酒过三巡后，怅然悲慨曰，“我可是个诗人啊”。其中的不满足如此真切动人。然而L教授，然而Taylor，Do you understand，谁又不是个poet呢？那些在泥淖里爬的、那些被生活乃至生计所tortured的人们。）