The Swiftie and The Scholar· Staffel 1· Folge 36

Cardigan – The Folklore Love Triangle Part 3

Donnerstag, 16. April 2026 · 1 h 19

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We’ve made it to the third and final episode of our beloved Folklore Love Triangle! We hope you’ve enjoyed this little series as much as we have. This episode dives into all the poetry and themes of cardigan, and then Uncle Jerry wraps up all the themes and questions and answers found in these three songs.

Works Cited:
Rashomon Effect (criterion.com/current/posts/195-the-rashomon-e…)
The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree – Karl G. Heider (jstor.org/stable/678455)
Disnarration and the Unmentioned in Fact and Fiction – Marina Lambrou – Aff Link (amzn.to/41OjFs1)
Disnarration and the performance of storytelling in Taylor Swift’s folklore and evermore (journals.linguistik.de/ijll/article/view/140)
The Blind Man and The Elephant (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant)
Split Narratives or Fragmented Narratives (medium.com/@joana.kerzenwax.rpllc/the-power-of…)
Enjambment (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/enjamb…)
Epistrophe (liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-epistrophe)
Anaphora (liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-anaphora)
The Longest Time – Billy Joel (youtube.com/watch?v=a_XgQhMPeEQ)
Love Stinks – The J. Geils Band (youtube.com/watch?v=E0LAs7X5ybE&list=RDE0L…)
The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix (docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnP9Eoffzj1LWv…)

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