Question

Rain on the roof 2nd stanza of the poem... please explain

Answer 1

The first stanza introduces the main theme within the poem, namely, the speaker's thoughts on his existence within cottage while it rains. The second stanza mixes the imagination with memories. The third stanza focuses on the speaker's memory of his mother as evoked by the rain. The fourth stanza meditates upon the speaker's deceased siblings. The fifth stanza details his commitment to love in spite of an unfaithful lover. The sixth stanza addresses the conflict within the fifth: the speaker is assuaged by the patter of the rain. The rhyme scheme for the poem is "Rain on the Roof" by Coates Kinney reveals a poem lauding the healing power of Nature's rain, especially when heard from a cozy bed in a lovely cottage. The first stanza tells readers that it is pleasant to live and sleep snugly in a cottage on a rainy night. The second stanza describes how the tinkle of the rain brings dreamy fancies with bright hues of recollection. In the third stanza, the fondest memory of his mother is stirred within the speaker in all her gentle loveliness by the patter of the rain. In the fourth stanza comes the recollection of his sister and brother who died young and were raised to the state of angels. The conflict occurs and is resolved in the fifth stanza when the speaker returns to the memory of his faithless lover: he deliberately forgets that she was unfaithful as his heart vibrates to the patter of the rain. The resolution of the sixth stanza reveals the speaker's assertion that even art cannot equal the subduing strain on sorrowful passions like the patter of Nature's rain.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCBDEFE. Stanzas three and six repeat exactly: "Which is played upon the shingles / By the patter of the rain."