About this episode

Angela and Uncle Jerry discuss the themes of unfulfilled lives in Taylor Swift's song 'The 1' from the album folklore.

We have the opening track of folklore for you today! Uncle Jerry and Angela discuss the relatable way Taylor Swift writes about the ruminations about the different lives we never got to live during this discussion of The 1. *Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support! Works Cited: The Windhover – Gerard Manley Hopkins Ellipsis Caesura Ernest Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory Contrafactuality Sight rhyme or eye rhyme * The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Trochaic Hexameter The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix Follow Us: Patreon ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Threads ⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠ Uncle Jerry’s Instagram Angela’s YouTube Channel

People in this episode

Hosts: Angela McDow, Dr. Jerry Coats

Topics covered

• Taylor Swift
• song analysis
• life choices
• literary references
• music commentary

Keywords

• Taylor Swift
• The 1
• folklore
• life choices
• song analysis
• literary references

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: folklore, The 1, The Windhover, The Great Gatsby

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