The Satire of Blank Space

In this episode, we are covering the fourth song that Taylor Swift submitted to be considered for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame—Blank Space. This 1989 track was one of her first pop hits, and Uncle Jerry finds the humorous and feminist lenses the poem was written through to be interesting to dissect. We’ll wrap the conversation up and talk about the songs as a whole collection next week.

Works Cited:
Tabula Rasa (britannica.com/topic/tabula-rasa)
Dactyl (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/dactyl)
Iamb (poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/iamb)
Yellow Rose of Texas (youtube.com/watch?v=izz0_qEl_-E)
The Ballad of Jed Clampett (youtube.com/watch?v=0_XAPku7SgE&list=RD0_X…)
Gilligan’s Island Theme Song (youtube.com/watch?v=yfSLuEj99d0&list=RDyfS…)
Ballad Meter (poemanalysis.com/poetic-meter/ballad-meter)
The Gallic Wars (classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.html)
The Twelve Caesars – Suetonius – Aff Link (amzn.to/3M8YooF)
The Madwoman in the Attic – Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar – Aff Link (amzn.to/4qUnNli)
Jane Eyre: Deluxe Painted Edition – Charlotte Bronte – Aff Link (amzn.to/4qVTACq)
The Yellow Wallpaper (nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescrip…)
Blank Space Music Video (youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg&list=RDe-O…)
Black Space Voice Memo (youtube.com/watch?v=brm94GvNyGI&list=RDbrm…)

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