In this episode, Uncle Jerry and Angela tackle The Great War from 2022’s Midnights. Uncle Jerry wrestles with the idea of using a horrific event as a metaphor, and he teaches all about the many floral symbols used throughout the poem.

Works Cited:

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady – Edith Holden – Aff Link

The Great War and Modern Memory – Paul Fussell – Aff Link

The Strange Destiny of Rupert Brooke Hardcover – John Lehmann

Siegfried Sassoon

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer: The Memoirs of George Sherston – Siegfried Sassoon – Aff Link

Goodbye to All That – Robert Graves – Aff Link

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

War Poems – Wilfred Owen – Aff Link

Dulce et Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen

Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology – Tim Kendall – Aff Link

The Soldier – Rupert Brooke

In Flanders Fields – John McCrae

The History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion – Buck Private McCollum – Aff Link

Crimson & Clover – Tommy James and the Shondells

The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix

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Man, it’s been a while! Today we’re covering the newly released I Knew It, I Knew You from Toy Story 5 and current #1 on the Billboard 100 chart.

Uncle Jerry takes us through the poem, talking all about childhood and friendship and how both this song and the movie franchise showcase the magic of being a kid.

We bring in a special guest–an expert–at the end to grade the song.

Works Cited:

Homonym

Runnin’ Wild – Some Like It Hot

Volta

Emjambment

Epiphora or Epistrophe

Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman

Anagnorisis

Epizeuxis

Dramatic Irony

Mnemonic

I Knew It, I Knew You Visualizer

The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix

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We are taking it back to the 1920s (and then the 1970s) today with Clara Bow from The Tortured Poets Department. Uncle Jerry talks all about the early film industry, Stevie Nicks, the violence of beauty and fame for women, and so much more.

Works Cited:

Clara Bow

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Greta Garbo

Douglas Fairbanks

John Gilbert

Michael Curtiz

Casablanca (1942)

The Lodger (1947)

World’s Columbian Exposition (1893)

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

It (1927)

It – Elinor Glyn – Aff Link

Caesura

Horatio Alger

Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller

A Cool Million – Nathanael West – Aff Link

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus – Christopher Marlowe

To an Athlete Dying Young – A. E. Housman

Idle Fame – John Clare

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson – Aff Link

Fame is a fickle food (1659) – Emily Dickinson

Fame is a bee. (1788) – Emily Dickinson

Mirrorball/Clara Bow Mash-up

The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix

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