Class 11 · English
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Key terms to remember
Personification
the rain is given a human voice and speaks for itself in the poem.
Poem of Earth
the rain's self-description, comparing itself to a poem rising from the earth.
Impalpable
something that cannot be touched; how the rain rises from land and sea.
Lave
to wash or bathe; the rain laves the droughts and dust-layers of the globe.
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