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The underrated lyricism of Taylor Swift vs. the works of Shakespeare. 💕

Who Said It — Taylor Swift Or Shakespeare?

Is It Taylor Swift Or Shakespeare: "Evermore" Edition

This is from "**coney island**" by Taylor Swift

"Did I close my fist around something delicate?  
Did I shatter you?"  


"**coney island**" by Taylor Swift

"Do you miss the rogue  
who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?"  


"**The Taming of the Shrew**" by Shakespeare

"My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break"

"**happiness**" by Taylor Swift

"Past the curses and cries  
Beyond the terror in the nightfall"  


"**Sonnet 65**" by Shakespeare

"In black ink my love may still shine bright"

"Now my eyes leak acid rain on the pillow where you used to lay your head"

"**ivy**" by Taylor Swift

"I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bones  
in a faith-forgotten land"  


"Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow  
Tarnished but so grand"  


"**As You Like It**" by Shakespeare

"The old widow goes to the stone every day  
But I don't, I just sit here and wait  
Grieving for the living"  


"**A Midsummer Night's Dream**" by Shakespeare

"How can it be said I am alone when all the world is here to look on me?"  


"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays"

"I wish to know the fatal flaw that makes you long to be magnificently cursed"  


"**cowboy like me**" by Taylor Swift

"Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon"  


"**evermore**" by Taylor Swift

"Staring out an open window, catching my death"  


"Can't not think of all the cost and the things that will be lost"  


"**Much Ado About Nothing**" by Shakespeare

"In the cracks of light, I dreamed of you"

...Go listen to Taylor and go read some Shakespeare. You can slay better than this! Come back and slay this quiz to the ground!

Not a slay

...Go listen to Taylor and play _Evermore_ on loop ASAP!

Partial slay

You're either a Swifitie or a Shakespie... their biggest fan!!! Congrats queen/king, slay!

The biggest fan!

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Who Said It — Taylor Swift Or Shakespeare?

This post is an entry in BuzzFeed’s 2nd Annual Community Summer Writers’ Challenge, where you can earn $$$ for creating your own lists and quizzes published through September 15, 2022! Check out alllll the details here. 👀

Who Said It — Taylor Swift Or Shakespeare?

This post is an entry in BuzzFeed’s 2nd Annual Community Summer Writers’ Challenge, where you can earn $$$ for creating your own lists and quizzes published through September 15, 2022! Check out alllll the details here. 👀

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