Rain on the Roof

Rain on the Roof

In the first stanza, the poet says that when the dark clouds full of moisture float round the sky making the stars invisible, and it starts raining; it makes the poet sad, and it seems to him that the people are gently shedding tears from their eyes. But even in this situation he feels happy when he presses the pillow lying on his bed, and listen to the sound of the falling raindrops on the roof.

In the second stanza, the poet says that every light ringing sound produced by the rain falling on the roof has an echo in the heart of the poet. This brings thousands of thoughts and imagination into his mind, and the past memories appear to him being woven in front of him as threads across the loom when he listens to the patter Of the rain upon the roof.

In the third stanza, the poet’s mother comes into his mind. Here the poet says that his mother loved him a lot, and addressed him as darling. She loved him so much that she allowed him to sleep till sunrise. He exclaims with sorrow that he still feels her fond look on him as he listens to the repeated sound of the falling raindrops on the roof.