The Devastating Paradox of Hoax

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.

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Works Cited:

Anaphora

Ellipsis

Oxymoron

Polysemy

Parallelism

Paradox

Fatalism

Faithless Love – Linda Ronstadt

i sing of Olaf glad and big – e.e. cummings

To a Mouse – Robert Burns

*Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

To a Louse – Robert Burns

Jonah 3 – Jonah Goes to Nineveh

Synecdoche

Metanarrative

The Lord’s Prayer

The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix

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