Thematic echo
Sonnet 29
Sonnet 29 surfaces in one Taylor Swift song, through thematic echo.
Appears in 1 song
Associated with William Shakespeare
evermore
Evermore · 2020
Angela & Uncle Jerry draw a parallel between Sonnet 29 and evermore. Uncle Jerry describes the sonnet as 'a sonnet poetic reworking of this song', in both works the speaker is deeply depressed, then thinks of someone else (or an inner voice), and that thought pulls them out of the depression. The sonnet's movement from despair to recovery through the thought of another mirrors the song's bridge where a second voice helps the speaker emerge from depression.
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