Folksong

      The folksong I picked is "Sounds of Silence", released in 1964, by Simon and Garfunkel. The song has a long-lasting influence and was acknowledged in 2012 by the national recording registry for being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically important". The song focuses on the life of "I" in his hometown and the peaceful engagement with "people" around him. In the fourth stanza, the songwriter uses eye dialect to imitate a conversation between folks. The lyrics itself have a lot of repetitions, a typical characteristic of folksongs, as every stanza ends with "sound of silence.

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