Rain on the roof summary line by line explanation
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The poet is sitting in his room listening to the raindrops falling on his roof.
It reminds him of his caring mother and his siblings who hardly fought with him.
It also reminds him of a forgotten lover who went to another city and never came back.
The poet doesn't want to lose himself in memories and concentrates on the music of raindrops falling on his roof.
He declares that it is the greatest music he has ever heard.
In the first stanza, the poet describes a rainy night.
The stars are not visible due to the clouds.
He says that the darkness makes him sad and the rain represents human tears.
He says he finds relief in curling up with a pillow in a country cottage bed.
In the second stanza he describes how the sound of the rain is followed by the sound of his heartbeat.
He says that all that he had imagined is coming true.
His memories start appearing in front of him but they are not distinct.
In the stanzas that follow, he talks about his brothers and sisters, his lover and how music can stir up great emotions and be a part of Nature.