EPISODE · Dec 4, 2025 · 59 MIN
The Romanticism of The Lakes
from The Swiftie and The Scholar · host Angela McDow | Dr. Jerry Coats
We are letting Taylor Swift take us to the lakes today! These are the lyrics Angela used to convince Uncle Jerry to do this podcast, and his analysis does not disappoint. Come with us to learn all about Romanticism, The Lakes Poets, and how Taylor expertly weaves those two into this poem.Works Cited:A Brief Guide to RomanticismThe Lake PoetsLyrical Ballads – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Aff LinkSense and Sensibility – Jane Austen – Aff LinkRomanticism vs. NeoclassicismThe Last of the Mohicans – 1992William WordsworthSamuel Taylor ColeridgeDorothy WordsworthDove CottageRobert SoutheyThomas De QuincyJohn KeatsPercy Bysshe ShelleyTales from Shakespeare – Charles Lamb and Mary LambJohn RuskinHarriet MartineauThe Lake Isle of Innisfree – William Butler YeatsSonnets from the Portuguese 20: Beloved, my Beloved, when I think – Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSonnets from the Portuguese – Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Full Book Aff LinkThe Passionate Shepherd to His Love – Christopher MarloweHartley Coleridge Poetic InversionAurora Leigh – Elizabeth Barrett BrowningFrankenstein – Mary Shelley – Aff LinkI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – William WordsworthFollow Us:YouTubeTikTokInstagramAngela’s Instagram
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We are letting Taylor Swift take us to the lakes today! These are the lyrics Angela used to convince Uncle Jerry to do this podcast, and his analysis does not disappoint. Come with us to learn all about Romanticism, The Lakes Poets, and how Taylor expertly weaves those two into this poem.Works Cited:A Brief Guide to RomanticismThe Lake PoetsLyrical Ballads – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Aff LinkSense and Sensibility – Jane Austen – Aff LinkRomanticism vs. NeoclassicismThe Last of the Mohicans – 1992William WordsworthSamuel Taylor ColeridgeDorothy WordsworthDove CottageRobert SoutheyThomas De QuincyJohn KeatsPercy Bysshe ShelleyTales from Shakespeare – Charles Lamb and Mary LambJohn RuskinHarriet MartineauThe Lake Isle of Innisfree – William Butler YeatsSonnets from the Portuguese 20: Beloved, my Beloved, when I think – Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSonnets from the Portuguese – Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Full Book Aff LinkThe Passionate Shepherd to His Love – Christopher MarloweHartley Coleridge Poetic InversionAurora Leigh – Elizabeth Barrett BrowningFrankenstein – Mary Shelley – Aff LinkI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – William WordsworthFollow Us:YouTubeTikTokInstagramAngela’s Instagram
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