the silver rain poem std 7 how does the tress Express their happines.s
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1st stanza:
The poet begins the poem with the title itself and describes the rain as silver rain. Why is the poet calling the rain as silver rain? Perhaps because he remembers the proverb, “Every cloud has a silver lining.” Or perhaps when the rain drops shine they look silver in colour.
The poet says that when it starts raining, the earth has new life again. In India it rains after the harsh summer season, so when it rains, the earth is smiling and is full of life. There is new life in the form of green grass growing. The poet has personified the flowers by saying that they lift their heads. It means that new flowers bloom everywhere. He further states that it is a wonderful and beautiful sight as far as our eyes can see as if the rain has spun a magical wand on the earth and has spread wonder all around.
The poet repeats the words, ‘of life, of life, of life” emphasizing that the earth is full of life i.e. everything and everyone is happy and smiling.
2nd stanza
The poet begins this stanza too with the title and continues saying that when it rains the butterflies fly about with their silken i.e. beautiful and shining wings, to catch a rainbow crying. Why has the poet described the rainbow has crying? A rainbow symbolizes happiness, so the poet means that the rainbow is shedding tears of happiness while the butterflies flatter about.
He further states that the trees have new leaves. Here again the poet has personified the leaves to be singing joyfully under the beautiful sky.
The poet wants to say that it is not only the earth, the trees, the leaves, the flowers that is nature that is happy, smiling and full of life but also little boys and girls passing down the road that are singing with joy and happiness, i.e. nature and mankind is happy and full of life.
He reminds again that in time of silver rain, the spring season has come and with it everything is new including life itself. We could also interpret that the spring will bring new opportunities and with it a new life. So forget about your past and enjoy the rain today!