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What does it mean?
The wind is personified as lonely children crying in isolated spots.
In plain terms
The sound of wind in empty places sounds like sad children.
What can you take from it?
Nature sounds can evoke human emotions like sadness.

Where it applies

  • storms
  • empty rooms
  • nighttime

Putting it to work

  • poetry
  • sound design
  • creative writing

Questions to consider

  • When does nature feel sad to you?
  • What sounds make you feel lonely?

Another view

It projects human sorrow onto non-human sounds.

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