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Rain Poems
Directions: Explore the theme, ideas, and imagery of rain in the following poems. Then choose two
of the poems to write about. Compare the concept and use of rain in the two poems you chose and
in “The Long Rain” by Ray Bradbury in a five paragraph essay. Begin with an outline, then write a
rough draft, and you will type a final draft in lab 252 on Friday Jan. 24th. It will be due at Midnight
on the 27th of January in turnitin.com. You will also have to turn in a hard copy to Mrs. Banfield on
the 27th in class.
April Rain Song
By Langston Hughes
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
A Night-Rain in Summer
By James Henry Leigh Hunt
Open the window, and let the air
Freshly blow upon face and hair,
And fill the room, as it fills the night,
With the breath of the rain's sweet might.
Hark! the burthen, swift and prone!
And how the odorous limes are blown!
Stormy Love's abroad, and keeps
Hopeful coil for gentle sleeps.
Not a blink shall burn to-night
In my chamber, of sordid light;
Nought will I have, not a window-pane,
'Twixt me and the air and the great good rain,
Which ever shall sing me sharp lullabies;
And God's own darkness shall close mine eyes;
And I will sleep, with all things blest,
In the pure earth-shadow of natural rest.
Rhythm Of The Rain by John Claude Gummoe
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
telling me just what a fool I've been.
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
and let me be alone again.
The only girl I cars about has gone away
looking for a brand new start
but little does she know that when she left that day
along with her she took my heart.
Rain, please tell me now does that seem fair?
for her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away.
The only girl I cars about has gone away
looking for a brand new start
but little does she know that when she left that day
along with her she took my heart.
Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow.
Rain in her heart and let the love we know start to grow.
Have You Ever Seen the Rain? By John Fogerty
Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm
I know, and it's been coming for sometime
When it's over so they say, it'll rain a sunny day
I know, shining down like water
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain,
Coming down on a sunny day?
Yesterday and days before, sun is cold and rain is hot
I know, been that way for all my time
Till forever on it goes, through the circle fast and slow
I know, and I can't stop I wonder why
Know yes I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
coming down on a sunny day?
Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
You've got to help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now
Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now