The poem "Rain in Summer" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow celebrates the beauty, relief, and transformative power of rain. The speaker begins by admiring the rain's arrival after a period of dust and heat. The rain clatters on the roofs gushes from overflowing spouts, and pours relentlessly across windowpanes. The imagery evokes a sense of joy and relief as the rainwater creates a muddy stream in the gutters.
The poem then shifts focus to ...