Question

In the Poem it is raining on the house of Anne Frank what is the purpose of linking the 2 famous people from Amsterdam anne frank and van gogh?

Answer 1

In the poem It is raining on the house of Anne Frank, written by Linda Pastan, the purpose of linking 2 famous people from Amsterdam, Anne Frank and Vincent Van Gogh, is to show that a person will always find a light in the darkness of life.

Van Gogh suffered from severe depression, he was poor and misunderstood his whole life, but he was happy painting, it was his only light and reason to live.

Anne Frank suffered Nazi`s occupation, he died very young seeing her mother and family die from hunger, bet she kept writing her diary in order to escape from reality. It was something that kept her alive.

The link is seen in the last lines of the poem:

"to see how someone else

could find the pure

center of light

within the dark circle

of his demons."

Answer 2

I think he is just analyzing the experience of tourists visiting two iconic buildings in the city of Amsterdam, Both the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum.