Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The origins of poetic song verse
2: Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, and the evolution of poetic song verse
3: Myth-making, personae, and poetic song verse: The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Doors
4: The fantastic: beyond surrealism and psychedelia
5: A new era of verse competiton
Appendix of songs and poems discussed
Notes
Works cited and consulted
Credits
Index.