English Literature

Kahlil Gibran has subtly used three words �cry�, �humble�, and �bow� to personify the rain in " Song of the Rain " . These three words have not only personified the elements but also adjectified the worlds describing the different intensity of rainfall. �Cry� refers to the speed and sound of falling rains. It is known that driving rainfall at a great speed and with huge sound. The word �humble� indicates the mild intensity with which the rain falls. When it is a mild shower of rain drops with a soft and soothing touch, flowers rejoice. Unlike driving rains, mild rains pat flowers softly. When it is a spell of shower, all things on earth get refreshed, rejuvenated and feel elated. Thus the ran blends three different personalities in itself.        

Every mortal being on earth is bound to go through a define life cycle. The boundary of earthly life is definite. In the poem � Song of the Rain �, rain has been personified as a living being bound to a life cycle. Like every other thing on earth, rain moves in a circular way by coming back to its origin where it rises up from. From this perspective, the poet Kahlil Gibran is right in describing rain as �earthly life�.   

� Song of the Rain � is a beautiful poem appealing to the sensitive hearts touched by the heavenly beauty of rains. The poet Kahlil Gibran has composed this poem as a eulogy in praise of rain and its affection for earth. The poem is written in the first person, and rain itself is the speaker. Rain has held a mirror to its identity and activity in the poem. Rains look like �silver threads� while falling on earth. It is a divine gift from the gods to nature. Nature accepts this gift as a blessing to nourish and nurture her �fields and valleys�. Rains are as beautiful as pearls to the eyes of beauty worshippers. Rain drops shine with the white gleams of the pearls in the �crown of Ishtar�, goddess of fertility, love, war and sex in the Babylonian Pantheon. Rains come down with showers of pleasure and joy for everyone and everything. It makes the hills laugh, the flowers rejoice, and all things feel elated. Rain is a wand of magic with a transforming touch. Rain, a messenger of mercy in th...