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Reading Robert Frost poems as poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. #111Words #RobertFrost #PaulLaurenceDunbar #Poetry #TheRoadNotTaken #StoppingByWoodsOnASnowyEvening #ErroneousAttribution #Enslavement #Fugitives https://111-words.ghost.io/reading-robert-frost-poems-as-poems-by-paul-laurence-dunbar/

Reading Robert Frost poems as poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Yesterday, I interpreted the white American Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" (1915) as a poem about a fugitive from enslavement by the African-American Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). In a sense, when I read the poem that way, I find it even richer than it is when read as

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Andrew Shields Apr 1

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 Shields Mar 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 ...