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This paper approaches oral poetry by setting Bob Dylan, an American singer-songwriter, as an example. Dylan has been widely recognized as a major figure in popular culture and the realm of oral poetry for over half a century. Being the only musical creator entitled to the Nobel Literature Prize (in 2016) for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” (Nobelprize.org.), Dylan proves to be an artist and scholar who successfully integrate conventional literature with sound in the new media era. However, it remains unknown whether the combination of oral poetry with technoscientific tools brings literature infinitely closer to reality or merely fabricates another fictional domain with hyperreality. This study takes the musician as a postmodernist and explores the power of presentation in his lyrics. By appreciating the poetic lines and the patterns of expression, this paper primarily aims to provide a novel take on Dylan’s oral poetry as well as literature itself in the current digital era.