Question

explain the and ending of the poem ? chapter :song of the rain class 9 ☺☺

Answer 1

Through the poem “Song of the rain”, Kahlil Gibran has presented us a piece us aesthetic beauty. He subtly points out the very mystical aspect of nature. Rain, a common phenomenon is catered in the most beauteous way. ‘Song of the rain’ is a eulogy of rain and its unseen aspects. The poem speaks in the first person i.e. the rain in personified form speaks.

SONG OF THE RAIN-A NATURE POEM

The poem in its core reflects ethereal aspects of nature. Fields and valley are elaborately connected by the rain droplets which are symbolically presented as “dotted silver threads”. The two pole asunder aspects, the heaven (sky) and the earth are imagined as beautifully connected by rain and thus nature is best epitomized. We start visualising nature with a different eye when we see the words like ‘hills laugh’, ‘beautiful pearls’, ‘embellish the garden’, ‘flowers rejoice etc.’ We are mesmerised when we read that the field and cloud are lovers and the rain works as the messenger. “Thirst of the land” and “ailment” of the cloud” overwhelm us as we feel there natural aspects with personified and unique angle. We are amazed when the very ordinary occurrence of rain, thunder and rainbow is presented in an artistic way. We are thrilled to imagine that apparently cacophony of the rain can be realised as delicate and sensitive song. The cycle of rain thus is marvellously expounded by Gibran as a perfect chronicle of natural events.

SONG OF THE RAIN-A POEM MEANT FOR THE SENSITIVES


There is not even a scintilla of doubt that “SONG OF THE RAIN” is a poem meant for the people possessing aesthetic sensibility. When the poet talks about embellishing the ‘garden’, it makes us feel something close to fantasy. ‘The laugh of hills’, ‘the rejoicing if flowers’, ‘messenger of mercy’, transport us to a realm where nature is imagined as lively. The poet again goes on saying about the sound that the rain droplets create. He opens up saying that only sensitive people can understand this. The rain droplets create a rhythmic music that common people fail to understand.