describe the beauty which the poet finds in the rain
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This poem begins with a description of rain following a dry, hot climate, maybe a summer day. It is a "welcome" rain, meaning the land had been too dry, the weather too hot. The rain is also described as being full of energy ("gushes and struggles" and "roars"). These literal descriptions will be used metaphorically and analogously in the rest of the poem.
The poem then describes how the rain affects other people and how its actions are similar to those people.
A sick man sees the rain's cooling and soothing effect on the outside world and his fever is likewise cooled and soothed. A group of rambunctious boys are coming from school and the gushing turbulence of the rain is compared to the energy they have. The water streaming down the streets mimics their own energetic play.
The rain is again a welcomed event "on every side" of the country. The oxen welcome the rain as well, with silent admiration and thanks:
Their large and lustrous eyes
Seem to thank the Lord,
More than man's spoken word.
Of course, the farmer welcomes the rain because it will help his crops to grow and helps him to make a living.
The speaker then invokes the Greek figure Aquarius who is known as a water carrier and a cup-bearer to the Greek gods. This adds a spiritual reference to the rain as sustenance for land, plants, animals similar to sustenance for the gods
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The poet says that the rain is beautiful because it comes in the hot summer and settles the dust in the air and cools the heat.