Known John Keats enthusiast* Taylor Swift expertly echoes Ode on a Grecian Urn by exploring the same themes with the same literary device in Timeless.

We know from Swift’s later work that she was a noted scholar of Greek philosophy during this era of her life “You know how to ball / I know Aristotle” (So High School). It is thus worth digging into Swift name dropping a group of people who were deeply upset by her success – the world-denying philosophers known as the Cynics.

Our chronophobic prophetess Taylor Swift informs a baby that her life is only going to get worse from here.

In the tradition of great sonneteers, Swift poetically indulges in her yearning for an unattainable love interest she has put on a pedestal.

In Our Song, noted music theorist Taylor Swift grapples with the question “What is Music?”

Word Cloud for Cold As You The Basics Cold as You is the fifth song on Taylor Swift’s debut album — a slot that Swift generally reserves for a particularly emotional track. The previous song left our narrator yearning for A Place in this World. By the beginning of Cold as You, Swift has found a place, but it is cold, gray, and rainy. The verses depict an unhealthy relationship where one person seeks closeness (or any reaction) from another who is emotionally unavailable. Swi

Word Cloud with the Lyrics from Teardrops on My Guitar: The Basics: Taylor Swift is in love with Drew. Drew doesn’t know how Taylor Swift feels and tells her about his beautiful girlfriend. Taylor Swift reveals that he’s the reason for the teardrops on her guitar. Each verse of Teardrops on my Guitar starts with Drew performing an action: “Drew looks,” “Drew talks,” and “Drew walks.” Each action prompts two reactions from Taylor Swift: 1) a visible, deceptive response designe

Swift’s first song, Tim McGraw, uses a complex structure to reflect on whether past relationships stay in the past or live on in memories.