Is the song, "Blowin in the Wind", Literature, Poetry, a new Art Form, or just Lyrics →

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The Noble Prize for literature in 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan for "having created new poetic expression within the great American song tradition.”

Is "Blowin’ in the Wind" literature?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkd_l7VKwo

Harpers Magazine says that “literary means not only what is written but what is voiced, what is expressed, what is invented, in whatever form.” More restrictively, writing is considered an art form or any report deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.

What do the words, Blowin’ in the Wind, mean? Bob Dylan said the answer is blowing in the wind because nobody knows the answer. Everybody tries to get it, but it slips away from our hold.

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"Blowin in the Wind" by Bob Dylan

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Is Bob Dylan's "Series of Dreams" Poetry?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqGUBP3Cx0