Question

which literary device is used in rain on the roof poem

Answer 1

Alliteration is used in the poem ‘Rain on the Roof’, where the letter ‘L’ is repeated in the words ‘lie listening’.

Transferred epithet is used in the words ‘melancholy darkness’ as the sadness of a person in dark is transferred to the ‘darkness’ here.

Personification is used in the fourth line where the ‘shedding tears’ is personified as the ‘rains’.

Answer 2

Solution:

Rain on the roof is the lyrical poem which describes the poet’s feelings and memories which he had with his mother.

According to him, the falling rain provides immense pleasure to him.

Humid shadows are compared to the dark clouds and considers darkness as melancholic as it often makes him sad.