Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child’s balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.
Dylan has always been a folkie - he just added electric instruments to “change” the sound. He never grew musically.
Joni Mitchell, while starting in folk like Dylan, evolved with more complex structured writings - from pop/rock, avantgarde pop, jazz and a touch of blues .
She recorded with some VERY highly acclaimed musicians - Larry Carlton, Jaco Pastorius, Lyle Mays, Charles Mingus, etc which is something Dylan never could do - and that speaks to how highly respected/revered JM was received in the industry.