If you think Taylor Swift only churns out bubblegum pop music for young audiences, think again. The singer-songwriter turned global superstar, who's been working steadily and fearlessly in the music industry since she was a teenager — her first album, simply titled "Taylor Swift," dropped in 2006 and she never really slowed down after that — is a wordsmith. Don't take our word for it; critics have compared her to great poets like Emily Dickinson (to whom Swift is distantly related), and songwriters like Carole King, Stevie Nicks, and Paul McCartney have lavished praise upon Swift for her songwriting technique.

It's one thing to have a way with words, as Swift certainly does; look to lyrics like "You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter" or "You called me up again just to brea

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