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Seven Poem
A recording of the poem "Seven". The poem debuted at the Eras Tour in 2022. Taylor Swift performs the poem.
Annotations
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calming musical introduction
Ambient Noise
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Seven interlude poem
Title
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Bells
Ambient Noise
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Bells
Ambient Noise
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Bar chimes
Ambient Noise
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Natural speak
Meter
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If you wish to romanticize the woman I became
Transcription
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Echo
Ambient Noise
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Pause
Caesura
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Then, say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress
Transcription
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Echo
Ambient Noise
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Natural speak
Meter
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Staring at the sunset
Transcription
Amplitude
Pitch
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Pause
Caesura
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Tonal Shift
Tempo
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Or you could begin at the beginning
Transcription
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Natural Speak
Meter
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And in that case
Transcription
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Nature sound effects
Ambient Noise
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crowd noises
Audience Sounds
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Pause
Caesura
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Shift in deliveey from casual to dramatic speak
Meter
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Please picture me in the trees
Transcription
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Pause
Caesura
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I hit my peak at seven
Transcription
timbre
Context
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Pause
Caesura
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Feet in the swing over the creek
Transcription
amplitude
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Pause
Caesura
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Laugh while speaking
Pitch
Timbre
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I was too scared to jump in
Transcription
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But I was high in the sky
Transcription
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With Pennsylvania under me
Transcription
Context
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Pause
Caesura
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Are there still beautiful things?
Transcription
tempo
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Pause
Caesura
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Sweet tea in the summer
Transcription
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summer/other rhyme
Rhyme
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Cross your heart, won't tell no other
Transcription
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crowd noises
Audience Sounds
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And though I can't recall your face, I still got love for you
Transcription
Context
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Pause
Caesura
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Your braids make a pattern
Transcription
pitch
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Pattern/Saturn rhyme
Rhyme
Verse Structure
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Love you to the Moon and to Saturn
Transcription
pitch
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Pause
Caesura
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Passed down like folk songs
Transcription
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Pause
Caesura
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songs/long rhyme
Rhyme
Verse Structure
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The love lasts so long
Transcription
duration
tempo
pitch
amplitude