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The Voice of the Rain Poem, Summary, , In the poem, the poet asks the softfalling shower, ‘Who are you?’ to which, she replies that she is the poem of, earth. It is a strange thing for the rain, to reply to the poet. The rain told the, poet that she cannot be touched as, she rises in the form of water vapor in, the sky from the land and the, bottomless sea. It changes its shape, yet it remains the same. The vapor, changes into clouds due to, condensation., , It falls back on the surface of the earth, to provide water to the drought-prone, areas and to beautify and purify the, earth (its birthplace). It provides life to, the seeds inside the earth and helps, them grow., , The rain doesn't care if anyone, bothers about her deeds or not, she, completes her work and comes back, home. The poet also compares the, rain with a song as they both share a, common journey. The song originates, from the heart of the singer, travels, across to fulfill the aim and comes, back with due love for the singer (its, originator).
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The Voice of the Rain Poem, Explanation, , And who art thou? said | to the softfalling shower,, , Which, strange to tell, gave me an, answer, as here translated:, , | am the Poem of Earth, said the voice, of the rain, , Eternal | rise impalpable out of the, land and the, , bottomless sea,, , Who art thou - Who are you, Eternal - never-ending, Impalpable - which cannot be, described, , In the above lines, the poet asked the, soft-falling shower ‘Who are you?’ to, which the rain replied in a strange to, state manner. The rain said that it was, the Poem of the Earth and it rose, continuously from the land and, bottomless ocean in the form of, vapours., , Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely, form’d, altogether changed, and yet, the same,
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Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely, form’d, altogether changed, and yet, the same,, , | descend to lave the droughts,, atomies, dust-layers of the globe,, , And all that in them without me were, , seeds only, latent, unborn;, , Whence - where, Vaguely - not clearly, Descend - come down, Lave - wash; bathe, Atomics - small particles, Latent - hidden/buried
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The rain tells the poet that it rises, upwards towards the sky in the form, of vapour where it changes its form, (condenses into water droplets). It also, says that although its form gets, changed, it still remains the same., The rain comes down to wash the, drought and provide water. It also, washes away the dust and small, particles from the earth’s surface. And, the seeds inside the earth grow into a, plant because of the water provided, by the rain. It gives life to the seeds., And forever, by day and night, | give, back life to my own origin,, , And make pure and beautify it;, , (For the song, issuing from its birthplace, after fulfillment, wandering, Reck’d or unreck’d, duly with love, returns.), , Reck’d or unreck’d - it means whether, cared for or not cared for. It doesn't, affect the rain nor the poet if someone, listened to the rain or not., , The rain says that by day and night it, provides life, care, enrichment, and, water to the place from where it, originated. The rain keeps enhancing, the beauty and purity of the earth by
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the beauty and purity of the earth by, preparing a life-cycle for itself again., (The Rain is like a song that originates, from its birth-place, just like the heart, of the singer, and travels to fulfill the, earth’s needs and wanders. It finally, comes back to the place from where it, originated. Whether it is ruined or not,, it returns to the original position, with, a lot of love to its birth-place).
