The Interpretation of Desolation Row

The first stanza is Bob Dylan witnessing the race riots and is reflecting on American Racism.
The second stanza is a man being rejected by an easy woman.
The third stanza is about the end of the world, when the stars and moon are darkened, what people will be doing.
The fourth is about a woman deciding to join the clergy, and thereby never experience life.
The fifth is about a man with a false sense of intelligence and a robin hood complex, who was famous long ago for an obscure talent, but lost it due to drug addiction.
The sixth is about a psychologist with patients who are involuntarily celebate, and that's the problem with them.
The seventh is about a priest encouraging a man for courtship, but ultimately he will fail because of the preacher's bad advice.
The eighth is about the military industrial complex, how spy networks and insurance agents work in tandem, and oppress those who "Know Too Much.”
The ninth is about intellectuals who argue among one another, and the pop ideologies which divide them.
The tenth is Bob Dylan receiving a letter from an old acquaintance who mentioned some of the people he sung about in this poem.

The Desolation Row is the depression caused by these situations.