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THEME OF POEM ''SONG OF RAIN''

Answer 1

ontrasts: The rain contrasts himself with the hills, the flowers and the fields, since his tears bring them happiness. The rain also contrasts his arrival and his departure. His arrival is foregrounded by something that alarms the human mind, that is, thunder. On the other hand, his departure is heralded by something that soothes the human mind, that is, rainbow. He also contrasts the majority of human beings with the minority. The majority are insensitive, and they can only hear the rain without understanding what its arrival spells. On the other hand, the minority is composed of the emotional ones who know too well that rain can bring much-needed relief from the summer sun.

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Similarities: As opposed to the many contrasts that make up this poem, only two sets of similarities are found here. The rain compares its existence with human life. Both human beings and rain are born of the elements that are said to make up this world. Both must pass away at some point of time or the other. The rain also compares himself to a woman who draws her strength from man only to overpower man in the end. Similarly, rain also has its source in the hot air of the atmosphere and he ends up getting rid of this warmth.

Christian metaphors: Two Christian metaphors occur in this poem. When rain says that human beings are born out of the elements, he has in mind the passage from Genesis (3:19) that says “Dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return”, which means that man is but a mere mortal. Again when rain refers to how woman draws her strength from man, he is probably talking about the Creation Myth which says that Eve was created out of Adam’s rib.