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

In Back To December, Taylor Swift explores decay over time.

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

The Basics: Taylor Swift describes a date by proclaiming over and over again that it was a fairytale. Literary Device: Epizeuxis...

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

In this literary analysis of Sparks Fly, Taylor Swift Scholar explores how Swift's thoughts about desire have evolved since her first album.

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

Taylor Swift Scholar's close reading reveals how Taylor Swift applies the Memory Theory of Personal Identity to a relationship in Mine.

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

A literary analysis of Taylor Swift's Bye Bye Baby -- the final song on Fearless (Taylor's Version.)

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

Taylor Swift scholar presents a close reading of Don't You.

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

Swift and Urban's time apart is not represented using discrete moments in linear time, but as a series of oppositions blurred together.

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

In We Were Happy, Swift reflects with sadness on what it means to play the role of a setting sun in someone else's life.

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

Swift has clearly not forgotten Mr. Perfectly Fine yet, but she claims power for herself by replacing his name with twenty-eight sick burns.

Goo All Over Me: Dirty Metaphors from the Vault

In the metaphors and similes in You All Over Me, Taylor Swift paints an increasingly grim series of portraits of herself after a breakup.

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