Through his lyrics, Dylan supports unity and uprising through different mediums of people and jobs. For example, in the first verse, he writes, "Come gather 'round, people / Wherever you  roam" (Dylan). In the second verse, he claims, "Come writers and critics / Who prophesize with your pen." (Dylan). In the continuing verses but the last, he always starts with the word "come" to signify a sense of harmony, for people to come together and make a change. Walt Whitman does something similar with his poem, "I Hear America Singing" by listing the different types of workforces among the American nation. For instance, he writes, "The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,  / The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,..." (Whitman, Lines 3 and 4). From lines 5-7, it continues the same structure with cataloging the different types of labor, always starting each line with "The." Overall, Whitman and Dylan's pieces of art both use repetition to display the variety amongst the American citizens, yet portray the same theme of unity through metaphorically singing or nonconforming.

 

Furthermore, they both deliver the essence of America, the land of the free where the country is shaped by the voices of its people. In Whitman's poem, "singing" is represented through a universal construct, shown by the line, "Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else," (Whitman, Line 9). Similar to Whitman's style, Dylan does the same with his song. For instance, Dylan voices, "As the present now /  Will later be past / The order is rapidly fadin'/ And the first one now / Will later be last" (Dylan). To elaborate, he talks about the fast pace in society, and in the past verses, he talks about the consequences of conforming to the prejudices of the world. In general, Whitman and Dylan dedicate each of their work toward everyone getting together despite their differences, whether it be due to the devastations of the world or simply because of harmony.