How do you determine the theme of a text?

Dylan is of course enormously influential. springsteen, who referred to him as “the father of my country” in his new born to run memoir, is one of many who were once known as “new dylans.” every singer-songwriter with a personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful language of rap. –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca which piece of evidence supports the claim that dylan’s rock lyrics are like poetry? he is enormously influential. his lyrics feature internal rhyme. singer-songwriters owe him a debt. someone called him “the father of my country.”

How did the older men calm the younger ones down when they learned from some of the prisoners where they were? (chapter 3 of the book night)

Am i cute? ? well i think am. everyone says ugly everyone says i'm cute, which one is it? ? or is everyone just hating? ?