The Coming of Age Narrative in You’re On Your Own, Kid

Angela finally introduces Uncle Jerry to a pivotal track 5 from Taylor Swift’s discography—You’re On Your Own, Kid. They discuss the real life events that could have inspired the song and Uncle Jerry talks about other pieces of pop culture that tell a similar story.

Works Cited:

Anaphora

Colloquial diction

Dramatic irony

Free indirect discourse

Verbal irony

Auditory imagery

Metonymy

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain – Aff link

The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri – Aff link

Sonnet 73 – William Shakespeare

The Great Escape (1963)