Question

A short note on Coates Kinney

Answer 1

The theme of the poem is the healing power of rain. The musical sound of raindrops falling on the rooftop at night has the ability to revive sweet memories and rouse fancies in an otherwise busy mind. The rain thus soothes and comforts anoverworked mind by taking it back to its lovely past.

Alliteration. Examples : a) In the phrase 'lie listening',' the 'l' sound is being repeated. b) In the phrase 'starry spheres,' the 's' sound is being repeated. ...
Personification. Examples : a) 'melancholy darkness' ...
Transferred Epithet. Examples : a) 'melancholy darkness' ...
Onomatopoeia. Examples : a) 'patter'