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Baby I’m a Firework: Illuminating Abusive Tactics in Dear John

Don’t Say Yes: Silence as a Speech Act in Speak Now


The Allegory of the Rose: Linear and Cyclical Time in Back to December


Snow White and the Unrealistic Date: Fantasy as Falsehood in Today was a Fairytale


Hurt So Good: The Pain and Pleasure of Desire in Sparks Fly


Taylor Swift’s Archive of Love: The Memory Theory of Personal Identity in Mine


I've got a Blank Space: Nothingness in Bye, Bye Baby


I Would Very Much Like to be Excluded from this Narrative: Words vs. Truth in Don't You


That's When[ever]: Blurring Time after a Reconciliation


Light’s Out: Astrothesia of the Self in We Were Happy


What's in a Name: Antonomasia in Mr. Perfectly Fine


Goo All Over Me: Dirty Metaphors from the Vault

Both an Entrance and an Exit: Derridean Deconstruction in The Other Side of the Door


Shall I Compare Thee to a Superstar: Astrothesia in Taylor Swift


Rain, Rain Don’t Go Away: Passive Risk-taking in Come in with the Rain


Meet me at Midnight: Liminal Time in Untouchable


We Have Liftoff: Avoiding Hard Landings in Jump Then Fall


I’ve heard there was a secret chord that Taylor sang: Biblical genres in Change


Ode on a VHS Tape: Ekphrasis in The Best Day


I Remember it All Too Well: Eyewitness Testimony in Forever & Always