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In a complete sentence, explain the irony in this line from stanza 3:

"People writing songs that voices never share"

In a complete sentence, explain the irony in this line from stanza 3: "People-example-1
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Irony: Paul Simon goes on the reveal what he believes is our inability, or unwillingness to communicate with one another, He wrote "The Sound Of Silence" about in a post-modern world of alienation (that in my opinion, he feels like he can't connect emotionally, and he feels isolated from the outside world, and he''s feel like he''s just "waving through a window" to quote Evan Hansen.

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