The Fairytale Diction of Enchanted

We are finally covering a song from Speak Now! I’m so sorry to all the Speak Now stans that it took this long, but we got here. Uncle Jerry takes us through Taylor’s word choice throughout Enchanted, and how it reveals the specific fairy tale inspiration behind the song. Angela explains the lore of this being Taylor’s only completely self-written album and the moment that inspired the song.

Works Cited:
Trochee / Trochaic Meter (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/trochee)
Smiling Faces Sometimes – The Undisputed Truth (youtube.com/watch?v=3GXSHRJYxTQ)
We Wear the Mask – Paul Laurence Dunbar (poetryfoundation.org/poems/44203/we-wear-the-m…)
Caesura (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/caesura)
Mending Wall – Robert Frost (poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall)
Indirect Discourse (liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-free-indi…)
Metonymy (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/metonymy)
Some Enchanted Evening – South Pacific (youtube.com/watch?v=E5dPtkVCRsg)

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