Andrew Shields18h ago
The road to freedom in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “The Road Not Taken”. #111Words #PaulLaurenceDunbar #TheRoadNotTaken #UndergroundRailroad #YellowBirch #Poetry #RobertFrost #Interpretation #JorgeLuisBorges #ErroneousAttribution #ToniMorrison #Jazz #AprilFool https://111-words.ghost.io/the-road-to-freedom-in-paul-laurence-dunbars-the-road-not-taken/
The road to freedom in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “The Road Not Taken"

"The Road Not Taken", by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), imagines a fugitive from enslavement deciding which road to take to freedom. The yellow birch forest he is passing through in autumn sheds its leaves on both possible routes and renders them indistinguishable from each other. The leaves may not have

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Andrew ShieldsMar 19, 2024
Taylor Swift, “the sin of wit”, and an “erroneous attribution”. #111Words #Music #Poetry #TaylorSwift #MrPerfectlyFine #FearlessTaylorsVersion #TheAuthorUponHimself #JonathanSwift #Wit #Humor #Mockery #Sarcasm #WordPlay #JorgeLuisBorges #PierreMenard #ErroneousAttribution https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/03/taylor-swift-sin-of-wit-and-erroneous.html
Taylor Swift, “the sin of wit”, and an “erroneous attribution"

For last week's Taylor Swift session, I discussed wit in "Mr. Perfectly Fine" from "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" (2021). To begin, I quoted ...