In this episode, we dig into one of most requested songs of late, The Black Dog. Taylor Swift mentioned in an interview that no one really understood this song, so we got Uncle Jerry on the case. Tune in to hear his take!

Works Cited:

Roland Barthes – The Death of The Author

She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron

The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Aff Link

The Malleus Maleficarum – Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger – Aff Link

For The Love of London Pubs – Doug Harper, Vic Norman, Andie Lafrentz – Aff Link

The Pub: A Cultural Institution – Pete Brown – Aff Link

Polysyndeton

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck – Aff Link

To a Mouse – Robert Burns

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Well friends, I think we did it. Stay all the way to the end for a big surprise out of Uncle Jerry.

In this episode, we're covering one of Angela's favorite TTPD tracks, Peter. Uncle Jerry finds layer after layer in the poem, and decides that this is a beautiful, melancholic reflection on the loss of innocence and youth, told through the lens of Peter Pan.

Works Cited:

Peter Pan - the Original 1911 Classic – J.M. Barrie – Aff Link

Illustrated Peter Pan: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens – J.M. Barrie – Aff Link

The Dead Poets Society (1989)

I'm sorry for the Dead—Today – Emily Dickinson

This Is Just To Say – William Carlos Williams

In Just – Spring – e.e. cummings

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost

Love's Labor's Lost – William Shakespeare

Lyric Video

Peter Surprise Song

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We’re taking it back to high school this week and exploring the country phenomenon that is Love Story. This is our first track from Fearless (2008), and Uncle Jerry explores all of the themes and tropes that are missing from the poem when compared to her current work, like complex metaphors and twisted idioms.

Works Cited:

Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare – Affiliate Link

Catullus – Roman Poet

Let Us Live and Love (5) – Catullus

The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne – Aff Link

Easy A (2010)

Doctor Zhivago – Boris Pasternak – Aff Link

Deconstructionism

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