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What does it mean?
The wind is personified as a mysterious visitor who enters and leaves quietly.
In plain terms
Wind comes in secretly and leaves without a sound.
What can you take from it?
Some forces move silently and mysteriously.

Where it applies

  • describing weather
  • reflecting on change

Putting it to work

  • poetry
  • storytelling

Questions to consider

  • When did you feel unseen?
  • What moves quietly around you?

Another view

It relies on personification which may not resonate with all readers.

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