Additional information found on Poet: He was born on November 24, 1826 and died on January 25, 1904. In addition to being a poet, he was a lawyer, politician and journalist.

Words / line that "caught" your eye: "Every tinkle on the shingles

You have echo in the heart "

Theme of the poem: The power of curing that has the sound of the rain falling down.

Poetic devices found in poem: 

1. Personification: "melancholy darkness".

2.Alliteration: "press pillow".

3.Repetition: "Listening to the patter".

4.Imagery: "Rainy tears".

How it connects to you / your life: All human beings get melancholy and remember things when they hear the rain fall and hit the ceiling.

Explanation:

This is a very sentimental poem where it is reflected how the falling rain has the power to heal a person who is sad or melancholic.

The poet is really comfortable and pleasant from his comfortable bed listening to how the drops hit the ceiling and that's when it begins to bring back memories of his childhood, his family and especially his mother.

The sound of the rain is healing for the poet since he can feel as if his mother were there with him again.

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3 years ago

Michael and his dog raced down the ________________to escape the fire. a. designated c. wreckage b. firepole d. stairwell

Black_prince [1.1K]

I would say stairwell

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3 years ago

Examine the public service ad. which statement best explains the effect of excluding images of people from the ad? it reminds th

swat32

The statement that best explains the effect of excluding images of people from the ad is B. It places emphasis on wasted food.

<h3>What is an Advertisement?</h3>

This refers to the creation of awareness for a particular product or service to get customers or people to buy.

Hence, we can see that from the complete text, there is the narration of the use of ads to show the waste of food and that excluding the images of people would best convey this.