![]() In "Mad Woman," Swift identifies the cycle of how perception can alter a person's sense of self-as if perception were, itself, a form of gaslighting. If we're to believe Swift spent quarantine underlining Jane Eyre, then the song "Mad Woman" may also allude to Bertha, Rochester's trapped wife-better known by her nickname, "the madwoman in the attic." The lyrics describe a phenomenon similar to the one that readers of Jane Eyre have oft debated: Was Bertha mad, or was she driven mad by her husband, by circumstances, and by by being a woman without agency? In the song, Swift sings, "Every time you call me crazy, I get more crazy."Įssentially, if "Invisible String" is the song for Jane Eyre, then "Mad Woman" is Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, the humanizing novel told from Bertha's point-of-view. I'd been waiting hundreds of pages for the older, grumpy Rochester to melt and declare his feelings for Jane the governess-and I utterly melted when he finally did. Upon hearing Swift sing these lyrics, I was jolted by a flashback to senior year of high school, the first time I encountered Jane Eyre's most enduring declaration of love. She sings in the chorus: "Isn't it just so pretty to think / All along there was some / Invisible string tying you to me ," and, later on: "One single thread of gold / Tied me to you." Wildly romantic, the song appears to describe Swift's life before she met her current partner, actor Joe Alwyn, and how an "invisible string" connected them over the years. Take the song " Invisible String" as a prime example of why Folklore is a literature lover's delight. When it comes to Folklore, any Easter Egg analysis would be incomplete without whipping out an English syllabus to accompany Swift's relationship timelines. With one close listen, it was clear that for her latest release, Swift purposefully interspersed her signature personal style of storytelling lyrics with many references to classic novels. Taylor Finally Addresses BLM Movement on Twitter. ![]() ![]() Taylor Swift Calls Trump Out Directly for Racism.Is "Lover" Taylor Swift's Most Romantic Song?.
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