Question

What does the phrase strange to tell mean in the poem the voice of the rain?

Answer 1

The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman, the rain is personified and the speaker of the poem asks the rain to explain itself. In response to the speaker, the rain talks about how it is intangible and pure. It talks about the cycle it goes through by emerging from heaven, lands on the earth and then rises again.  In the poem, the phrase "Strange to tell" refers to extraordinary and unusual answers given by rain when the poet asks the rain "Who it was?"

Answer 2

Explanation:

the phrase strange to tell means that it is an unusual and extraordinary answer given by the rains drops to the poet who asked who it was