Finding Life’s Meaning in Epiphany

We are tackling one of the most underrated tracks from Taylor Swift’s folklore album, epiphany. The poem compares past war tragedies to 2020’s pandemic, and Uncle Jerry uses the poem to teach us about Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory. *Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!Works Cited:Wilfred OwenSiegfried SassoonThe Death of the Ball Turret Gunner – Randall JarrellThe Angels at Hamburg – Randall JarrellVignette poemsRhapsody on a Windy Night – T. S. EliotTrocheesIambsThe Song of Hiawatha – Henry Wadsworth LongfellowErnest Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory*Death in the Afternoon – Ernest Hemingway CaesuraParallelismSynecdoche*The Things They Carried: The Classic Work of American Literature on War, Memory, and Storytelling –Tim O'Brien *Man's Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl Sonnet 19: When I consider how my light is spent – John MiltonThe Swiftie and The Scholar Grading MatrixFollow Us:Patreon⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Threads⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠Uncle Jerry’s InstagramAngela’s YouTube Channel