People
Music is the universal language of mankind — poetry their universal pastime and delight.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ‧ Outre-Mer
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An editorial interpretation.
Music and poetry are presented as pleasures shared across humanity. Calling music a language suggests it can connect people beyond ordinary speech. Poetry joins it as a source of delight, giving both arts a place in the speaker's vision of common experience.
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