Voice of the rain line by line explanation
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In “Voice of the Rain”, Walt Whitman composes a conversation between him and the rain as it felt from the heavens upon the earth. The poet asks the raindrops, “Who are you?” and he even gets back a reply. In his poem, “Voice of the Rain”, the poet translates the answer for his readers.
The rain says that it is the poem of the earth. It is born in an
invisible and intangible form which rises from the water bodies and
reaches the infinite sky to change its appearance into clouds of
different shapes and sizes. Yet the rain says it remains the same in its
heart as it was at its birth.
The rain then falls down on the earth as little water droplets which
brings respite to us, rejuvenates the earth’s soul and washes away dust
and dirt. It gives life to new plants which would have otherwise
remained unborn underground the land as mere seeds. Thus, rain continues
its journey where it returns to the earth, its place of origin giving
it life and making it all the more beautiful and pure.
Walt Whitman feels that the rain is kind of some song. The song’s birth
place is the poet’s heart. Once it is completed, it transfers from one
person to person and one day it returns to all its listeners.
The last lines of the poem are kept in brackets as they do not belong to the conversation between the poet and the rain.