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Bob Dylan composed this song in 1962. It was released as a single and appeared on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. The song has been identified as a protest work that presents a sequence of rhetorical questions dealing with themes of peace, war, and freedom.
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A protest song that poses rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain has been characterized as ambiguous, suggesting either that answers are obvious or that they remain as elusive as wind itself.
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