"She Has a Way"

I listened to Mr. Tambourine Man this morning and noticed two instances of a small feature in "She Has a Way" (included on the CD as a bonus track).  The repetition involved in the alliterative phrases "so sweet" ("She looked so young, and she seemed so sweet") and "so strong" ("But I didn't realize my love for her was so strong") lend a sense of degree (for "so").

"She Has a Way"

I noted some melismas in "She Has a Way" in my initial series of posts, but I found an-other one:  "Apart" in the line "The way she took me all apart" is sung with a melisma (B A B A), and this sort of disjointed articulation gives a sense of the word's meaning.

"She Has a Way"

I noticed a slew of significant melismas in "She Has a Way" (originally an unissued song but included as a bonus track on Mr. Tambourine Man):  "really" in the line "I was really good to her" (A B A) for a sense of degree, "heart" in the line "But how she broke my heart"(D B in the lead vocals, I think) for a sense of brokenness, "around" in the line "That makes her run around" (D B D B, I think) for a sense of breadth or movement, "long" in the line "I didn't think that I would wait for her very long" (although I'm unsure of the notes) for a sense of duration, and "down" in the line "She might keep puttin' 'em down" (D B) for a sense of the word's meaning.

Additionally, "strong" in the line "But I didn't realize my love for her was so strong" is sung for almost two full measures, giving a sense of degree (for "so"), and the line "Wanna settle down" descends (A B A G G), giving a musical sense of that "settl[ing] down."