• E63: Show and Tell - Garden Songs

  • Nov 13 2024
  • Length: 46 mins
  • Podcast

E63: Show and Tell - Garden Songs

  • Summary

  • “We can plant a memory garden.” This week we have a show and tell episode on garden songs, exploring the theme of gardens and flowers across Taylor Swift’s lyrics. From the haunting imagery in Ivy to the rich symbolism of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Cowboy Like Me, and the many different flowers in The Great War, we dig (get it?) into how Taylor uses garden and flower metaphors to evoke ideas of romance, loyalty, and loss.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    E7: S&T-Ecocriticism

    The Bible

    Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

    The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett

    The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

    E32: DD-Love Story

    Gardens of Babylon Photo 1

    Gardens of Babylon Photo 2

    Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

    Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

    Crimson Clover

    Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

    In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

    The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

    The New Look on Apple TV+

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    Episode Highlights:

    [03:56] “ivy” evermore

    [16:42] “cowboy like me” evermore

    [28:00] “The Great War” Midnights (3am Edition)

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