Taylor Swift is related to famed American poet Emily Dickinson, Ancestry reveals

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Taylor Swift is related to the good American poet Emily Dickinson, well-liked family tree website Ancestry has revealed.

The 34-year-old pop famous person and the nineteenth century poet are sixth cousins thrice eliminated.

“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),” Ancestry informed TODAY.

“Taylor Swift’s ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her part of the family eventually settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line.”

Swift was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1989 to Andrea and Scott Swift.

When she was 14, her household relocated to Nashville, Tennessee to assist her burgeoning music profession.

Dickinson, in the meantime, who is typically considered one of the vital vital figures in American poetry, was born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts. She died there aged 55 in 1886.

Throughout her life, Dickinson wrote hundreds of poems, however solely 10 of these truly went on to get revealed throughout her lifetime, as well as to one among her letters. At the time, although, her distinctive type of poetry – which regularly contained quick stanzas and lacked titles – was closely edited to match standard poetic guidelines.

A majority of her work was revealed posthumously after her youthful sister Lavinia discovered her assortment of practically 1,800 poems.

Her works are closely revered in American literature and are sometimes taught to US college students from center college to college.

14-time Grammy winner Swift, whose forthcoming album is coincidentally titled The Tortured Poets Department, has beforehand name-dropped Dickinson when speaking about her music lyrics.

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“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,” the “Cruel Summer” singer mentioned whereas accepting the 2022 Songwriter-Artist of the Decade Award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International.

Following the shock announcement of her extremely anticipated eleventh studio album on the 66th Grammys, Swift revealed the document’s 17-song tracklist on social media. Featured artists will embrace Post Malone and Florence and the Machine.

After a week-long hiatus, Swift resumed her Eras Tour in Singapore on Sunday (3 March). She will then embark on the European leg of her tour in Paris in May.

She is scheduled to carry out a number of nights within the UK, starting in Scotland on 7 June earlier than wrapping in London on 23 June. Find out how to get tickets to her 13 UK dates right here.