Any argument that Dylan is a poet--as I know many consider him--won't, I'm pretty sure, include any of the stuff RR is talking about--as nearly as we can figure out what that even is.
I don't quite agree with this, Max. The change in Dylan as a performer from 63/4 to 65/6 wasn't just about him using a rock band. His songwriting style changed massively too. The early fans of his protest songs liked his clear messages of social justice and civil rights, saw him as this voice of righteousness. By 66 his lyrics had become much more chaotic, symbolic, insular and strange, as had his stage presence. And the lyrics were arguably more purely poetic, if one of the definitions of poetry is finding out what you want to say in the act of creation, rather than having a definite 'point' to make from the outset. The messages didn't seem so clear any more. The loud and chaotic sound The Band made behind him suited these songs. It was the combination of the two. But when some of his early folk music fans, often serious, idealistic young people involved in left wing politics, heard electric guitar, keyboards and drums all it signified to them was 'commercialism' and 'sellout'. These clips from 64 and 66 illustrate the change nicely.
https://youtu.be/IHfo7oyDxVc
https://youtu.be/bsLkfrgJ2QM
Or listen to the
Times They Are a-Changin' album then
Highway 61 Revisited which are only 18 months apart but seem worlds apart in style.