The family tree firm Ancestry revealed on TODAY that Taylor Swift is associated to the poet Emily Dickinson: “Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th century English immigrant (Swift’s 9th great-grandfather and Dickinson’s 6th great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut),” making them sixth cousins, 3 times eliminated.
Swift has in contrast her lyrics to Dickinson earlier than. While discussing her classes of lyrics — Quill Lyrics, Fountain Pen Lyrics, and Glitter Pen Lyrics — she stated, “If my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that’s me writing in the Quill genre.”
Taylor Swift’s track “Ivy” was additionally featured in Dickinson, the Apple TV present starring Hailee Steinfeld that reimagines Emily Dickinson’s life, and significantly her romance together with her sister-in-law Susan Gilbert.
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