Time’s Mystic Meandering in Invisible String

<p>Buckle up, folks. This is a long one! Invisible String is up next in our folklore canon, and Uncle Jerry showed up PREPARED. He and Angela chat through folktales about the red thread, handfasting ceremonies, and more before diving into the poem. They then get into a long and philosophical conversation about fate and predestination and Forrest Gump.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SwiftieAndScholarPod/"><u>JOIN US ON REDDIT!</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>*Links with an asterisk are affiliate links, which allow us to make a small commission on your purchase at no cost to you. Thanks so much for your support!</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Works Cited:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148503/all-in-green-went-my-love-riding"><u>All in green went my love riding – e.e. Cummings</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1322/1322-h/1322-h.htm"><u>Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman</u></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_thread_of_fate"><u>Red thread of fate</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.anamcharacords.com/blog/the-history-of-handfasting-1?srsltid=AfmBOoraqEIZHSKiyGJQlCETj0Uvy-LNKS0N8wCWy5X9pjk7-h0tj8ES"><u>Handfasting</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/8/1011?"><u>Pope Innocent III and Handfasting</u></a></p><p><a href="https://biblehub.com/2_kings/14-21.htm"><u>2 Kings 14:21 – 16 as the age of ascension</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/epizeuxis"><u>Epizeuxis</u></a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/4yM43UD"><u>*The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/enjambment"><u>Enjambment</u></a></p><p><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/metanarrative"><u>Metanarrative</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/synecdoche"><u>Synecdoche</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Moirai.html"><u>Goddesses of Fate</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219-h/219-h.htm"><u>Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/caesura"><u>Caesura</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/72305/forrest-gump-by-winston-groom/"><u>Forrest Gump – Winston Groom</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/"><u>Forrest Gump (1994)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://poets.org/poem/design"><u>Design – Robert Frost</u></a></p><p><a href="https://poets.org/poem/hap"><u>Hap – Thomas Hardy</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2016%3A33&version=NIV"><u>Proverbs 16:33</u></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnP9Eoffzj1LWvQWstsaL5K1Q2eXiSoJUvNRaqcUpEY/edit?usp=sharing"><u>The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow Us:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheSwiftieandTheScholar"><u>Patreon</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@swiftieandscholarpod"><u>⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SwiftieAndScholarPod/"><u>Reddit</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@swiftieandscholarpod"><u>⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/swiftieandscholarpod/"><u>⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.threads.com/@swiftieandscholarpod"><u>Threads</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/angelawyattmcdow"><u>⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/drunclejerry/"><u>Uncle Jerry’s Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@angelawyattmcdow"><u>Angela’s YouTube Channel</u></a><br></p>