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EPISODE · Sep 25, 2025 · 1H 50M

The Many Literary Themes of All Too Well

from The Swiftie and The Scholar · host Angela McDow | Dr. Jerry Coats

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 LinkOrality and Literacy – Walter J. Ong – Aff LinkBirches – Robert FrostMending Wall – Robert FrostMetaphors We Live By – George Lakoff and Mark Johnson – Aff LinkIn Just – Spring – e.e. CummingsPoetry – Nikki GiovanniLet me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116) – William ShakespeareA Rose for Emily – William FaulknerFollow Us:⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠

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 LinkOrality and Literacy – Walter J. Ong – Aff LinkBirches – Robert FrostMending Wall – Robert FrostMetaphors We Live By – George Lakoff and Mark Johnson – Aff LinkIn Just – Spring – e.e. CummingsPoetry – Nikki GiovanniLet me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116) – William ShakespeareA Rose for Emily – William FaulknerFollow Us:⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠

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