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7 Rain in Summer
I can sing...
I can sing ...
In this poem, the poet expresses the beauty of the rain in
summer. The falling rain has an impact on different people and
in different places.
How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs,
Like the tramp of hoofs!
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
Across the window-pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!
—H. W. Longfellow
fiery — hot and burning like fire; clatters — makes a series of rattling sounds;
tramp — sound of heavy steps; gushes — flows out with great speed; spout
— a pipe through which water from the roof can drain out; swift — fast;
gutter — a drain for carrying off rainwater.
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