“You can hear it in the silence.” This week on AP Taylor Swift, we deep dive into “You Are In Love” from Taylor Swift’s album 1989. We break down how Taylor captures the essence of love—not through grand gestures but instead through small, intimate moments: a look across a room, coffee at midnight, and the silence that says it all. We explore the significance of mundane details throughout the song and discuss its lyrical structure, poetic devices (like spondees!), and why the most profound emotions often have no proof, just feelings.

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Mentioned in this episode:

TIME Magazine, 2023 Person of the Year

Stars Around My Scars

Troilus and Cressida

West Side Story

Hamilton

Pride and Prejudice

Mad Men

E5: Toxic Relationships

So It Goes

Slaughterhouse-Five

Love Actually

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Episode Highlights:

[01:38] “One look, dark room”

[10:00] “Coffee at midnight”

[18:49] “You can hear it in the silence”

[20:18] “You keep his shirt, he keeps his word”

[24:50] “He is in love”

[30:39] “And so it goes”

[39:40] The purpose of the song

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