The Devastating Paradox of Hoax | The Swiftie and The Scholar

In this episode, we are covering Hoax, the closing track from 2020’s folklore. Uncle Jerry starts out a bit iffy on his feelings about the poem, but talking through it with Angela helps him find extra meaning. *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: Anaphora: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/educ... Ellipsis: https://www.britannica.com/topic/elli... Oxymoron: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-de... Polysemy: https://www.novlr.org/glossary/polysemy Parallelism: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-de... Paradox: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-de... Fatalism: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... Faithless Love – Linda Ronstadt:    • Faithless Love   i sing of Olaf glad and big – e.e. cummings: https://poets.org/poem/i-sing-olaf-gl... To a Mouse – Robert Burns: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem... *Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck: https://amzn.to/4wQ6Uua To a Louse – Robert Burns: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org... Jonah 3 – Jonah Goes to Nineveh: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/... Synecdoche: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/educ... Metanarrative: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/d... The Lord’s Prayer: https://www.lords-prayer-words.com/lo... The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... Follow Us: Patreon   / theswiftieandthescholar   ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠   / swiftieandscholarpod   ⁠⁠Instagram   / swiftieandscholarpod   Angela’s Instagram⁠⁠   / angelawyattmcdow   Uncle Jerry’s Instagram   / drunclejerry   Angela’s YouTube Channel    / @angelawyattmcdow