From a magician's midnight sleeve the radio-singers distribute all their love-songs over the dew-wet lawns.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Radio singers spread love songs across lawns like magic at night.
- In plain terms
- Love songs on the radio reach everyone outside at night like a magic trick.
- What can you take from it?
- Media can create shared experiences as if by magic.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does music connect people?
- Where do you experience shared media magic?
Another view
It presents media as purely positive without acknowledging commercial motives.
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