About this episode

Angela and Uncle Jerry discuss the poem 'Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus' and the search for meaning in poetry.

We are back in our Tortured Poets Era with Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus. This song was much-requested and was voted on by our Patreon subscribers. Angela and Uncle Jerry talk through the poem and Uncle Jerry concedes that sometimes we try to find too much meaning in certain images. Works Cited: Sadie and Maud – Gwendolyn Brooks maggie and milly and molly and may – e.e. cummings [in Just-] – e.e. cummings Brylcreem commercial Synecdoche Sonnet 12 – William Shakespeare Sonnet 60 – William Shakespeare Sonnet 73 – William Shakespeare My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels Cold Cold Heart – Hank Williams Ellipse in Linguistics To His Coy Mistress – Andrew Marvell Tricolon The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix Follow Us: Patreon ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Threads ⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠ Uncle Jerry’s Instagram

People in this episode

Hosts: Angela McDow, Dr. Jerry Coats

Topics covered

• poetry analysis
• song discussion
• literary references
• Patreon engagement
• meaning in art

Keywords

• Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus
• poetry
• Gwendolyn Brooks
• e.e. cummings
• William Shakespeare
• Andrew Marvell
• song analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sadie and Maud, maggie and milly and molly and may, [in Just-], Sonnet 12, Sonnet 60, Sonnet 73, My Boyfriend’s Back, Cold Cold Heart, To His Coy Mistress

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