Original sentence: ") seem intended to mark a clear rejection of much of his earlier idealism.Marqusee, Mike (2003) Chimes of Freedem: The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art, New Press.Others  have disagreed with Marqusee's interpretation, preferring to see the change as part of a slow transition.The lilting refrain' (closing lines) ...'must be one of the most lyrical expressions of political apostasy ever penned'.Thus Mike Marqusee  writes (ref 1 p105/6) 'No Song on Another Side distressed Dylan's friends in the movement more than 'My Back Pages' in which he transmutes the rude incoherence of his ECLC rant into the organised density of art
Edited sentence: ") seem intended to show some change of thought regarding his earlier idealism and association with politics.Dylan seems to indicate some change in his psyche;  that he felt old when he was young, and that now that he is older he feels young (he makes this point in Chronicles as well).Finally Dylan has said that he didn't particually like the title of the album, and he thought it sounded "corny" and like a negation of the past, when he felt it was just his next step forward.Some have seen this song as a clear cut rejection of his earlier "political" songs, but it is important to realise that Dylan kept performing many of his early songs for some time after the album (Another Side of Bob Dylan) was released, and still performs many to this day, Also important is that when interviewed he has said numerous times he never felt his songs really were "political".The song seems more about a change of tack in his own philosophy than an outright rejection of his earlier songs and philosophy, in a way merely an extension of his earlier thought.While the lyrics are a mix of thought and surrealist imagery, they seem to indicate that now Dylan feels older he feels he can see that things are not quite as simple as he might have once thought, that  "politics" can be deceptive and fickle, and he feels he does not want to go down such a road