Come walk through the door with us, cause the air is getting cooooold. Our 10th episode is here, and we were hoping you had 10 minutes to spare for this one.

We are digging deep into the All Too Well universe, and Uncle Jerry compares both the original version and the 10 minute version, what he thinks about the lyrics that were redacted for the edited version, and Taylor Swift’s masterful use of metaphor and other literary devices in every line of this song.

Works Cited:

The Prelude – William Wordsworth – Affiliate Link

Orality and Literacy – Walter J. Ong – Aff Link

Birches – Robert Frost

Mending Wall – Robert Frost

Metaphors We Live By – George Lakoff and Mark Johnson – Aff Link

In Just – Spring – e.e. Cummings

Poetry – Nikki Giovanni

Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116) – William Shakespeare

A Rose for Emily – William Faulkner

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Dom Perignon, did you bring it?

Today we’re toasting to Champagne Problems from Taylor Swift’s 2020 album, evermore. Uncle Jerry discusses the different meter used throughout the lyrics, and also wonders if there’s a deeper meaning with society’s expectations and the narrator’s autonomy throughout the story.

Angela brings up the Swiftie discussion about which word they’ll never say again, and they also tell the story of Uncle Jerry officiating Angela’s wedding.

Works Cited:

Night Train – Jimmy Forrest

Take the A Train – Duke Ellington

In Medias Res

Heart of Glass – Blondie

Iambic Pentameter

Trochee

Dactyl

Anapest Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction – Marina Lambrou – Affiliate Link

Sociological Criticism

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Today we’re putting the money in the bag and stealing the keys, and discussing Taylor Swift’s Getaway Car from 2017. This cult Swiftie fave is our first track from Reputation, and Angela chose it because she knew Uncle Jerry would love the Dickens reference in the first line.

Watch as the duo dissects each line, and Uncle Jerry picks up on the self-reflection Taylor wrote into the song.

Works Cited:

A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens – Affiliate Link

Shades of Gray – Carolyn Reeder – Aff Link

Nicholas Nickleby – Charles Dickens – Aff Link

Lexical Ambiguity

Getaway Car Shirt – Girl Tribe Co.

Writing BTS with Jack

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