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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894 / Edinburgh / Scotland)
Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson : 136 / 239
Rain - Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson : 136 / 239
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Poem Submitted: Friday, January 3, 2003
Poem Edited: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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No partiality for the rain, it drenches everything in the word... so humanity to do the same. (Report) Reply
The poem is deceptively simple. It addresses grace and interconnectedness. Rain connects us to those far at sea. Rain gives life to tree and grass and to us. (Report) Reply
This lovely poem, even in its simplicity, brings all the excitement that the rains are all about. The joy of reading this poem made me translate it into Hindi. (Report) Reply
If read for enjoyment it is simple about rain..raining...if it is pain then ? (Report) Reply
Rain a nice poetry felt. (Report) Reply
Very minimalistic. Hardly worth bringing an umbrella. (Report) Reply
Pitter patter, pitter patter
Drumming on roofs and streets
Oh, what a wonderful music
That is so welcome and so sweet..............
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a nice stanza. I appreciates you.
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We shouldnt look too hard for meanings. Just enjoy RLS's wicked sense of humour, rather like Spike Milligan's, using the medium of poetry to surprise and amuse (Report) Reply
Nice stanza to read in the morning (Report) Reply
If this is the only poem I read in a day I wonder if it would make my day! (Report) Reply
This poem should be psycho-analyzed. (Report) Reply
Ian, send-ups of Victorian 'high seriousness': Oscar Wilde. (Report) Reply
maybe this is one of his unfinished
works. i wonder what interrupted
his thought process...pain in his head. (Report) Reply
this is funny because will I was reading this it started to rain. (Report) Reply
Stevenson in one of his lighter moments with more than a touch of another great tongue-in-cheek writer, Lewis Carroll. It would be nice to see an anthology of other send-ups of Victorian 'high seriousness'. Maybe someone knows of one. (Report) Reply
the rain seems to signify nothing but the water that falls from the heaven...it's literal..
but the poem somewhat implies the economic statuses....marxism...
its not common to put this different places in just one poem....
It falls on field and tree,
*******this line implies simple life, somewhat in the county....it creates an imagery wherein you could see no building except the fields and trees...and when it rains you could only watch the rain falling to the nature(field and tree)
It rains on the umbrellas here,
*******this line implies a life in town...in which the life is not so simple nor too extravagant....this line creates an imagery wherein people move around the community, or maybe in the market place, using umbrellas during rain.
And on the ships at sea
*******this line implies an extravagant life....the life of wealthy people...it creates an imagery wherein rich people are just sailing everywhere for a business matter and enjoying their lives in the ships listening to the orchestra or swaying with a dance song...
hope to make sense..... (Report) Reply
Scottish rain surely? or maybe Samoan. He did spend a few years in Bournemouth though....maybe he was inspired by the rain there! (Report) Reply
It is English rain, of course it falls everywhere and for a very long time. It rains everywhere, on everyone and everything, there is no escape, not even far out at sea. This is the point. There is no escape. It is umbrella weather and a lot of rain is falling. A good title might be... 'Rain'. Actually if the third line ended with held instead of here, the end rhyme would be stronger, and together with the alliteration of the other three lines, the poem would have a stronger vitality. Ah dare I say this, the other accomplished poets, posted their remarks, there is no printing process involved here. (Report) Reply
Indeed rain falls over everything - tree or umbrella or ship! Rain is received by tree; rain is prevented by umbrella and rain cannot be done with by ship at sea! Three different things at three different places happening due to rain. It is thought provoking though looks to be simple and nothing! (Report) Reply