Question

how does the poet describe the moment before the rain?​

Answer 1

ANSWER

In the poem, the poem describes the rain to have descended from the heaven as if been delivered to the nature by the hands of God. The rain has been compared to the pearls embedded in the crown of Ishtar( the goddess of fertility,love, war & sex), plucked by the daughter of Dawn. The poet calls the rain a messenger of mercy between the field & the clouds (two lovers). There is a fine use of sexual expression here, how the rain quenches the thirst of one of the lovers & cures the ailment of the other.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

The dark wet shadows of clouds hover over the sky. The stars become spheres. They are covered under these clouds. Then it starts raining.