Monday, August 20, 2018

What is a stanza by stanza summary and the rhyme scheme of "Rain on the Roof" by Coates Kinney?

The first stanza's rhyme
scheme is A-B-C-B-D-E-F-E. In other words, the words at the ends of lines 2 and 4 rhyme, and the
words at the ends of lines 6 and 8 rhyme. The words at the ends of lines 1, 3, 5, and 7 do not
rhyme with the words at the ends of any other lines. In this stanza, the speaker talks about how
comforting and happy it is to listen to the patter of rain on one's roof.

The
second stanza's rhyme scheme, like the first, is A-B-C-B-D-E-F-E. The speaker says that each
sound on the roof echoes in the listener's heart, prompting lots of dreams and memories to
form.

The third stanza's rhyme scheme, like the first and second, is
A-B-C-B-D-E-F-E. Here, the speaker remembers his mother and how she used to look upon her
children as they slept and how she would lean over them.

The fourth stanza's
rhyme scheme, like the others so far, is A-B-C-B-D-E-F-E. In this stanza, the speaker reminisces
about a little brother and sister of his who died, but now he imagines that they, as angels,
circle his pillow.

The fifth stanza's rhyme scheme, like all of the others,
is A-B-C-B-D-E-F-E. Here, the speaker remembers a former lover who was not faithful to him. He
remembers how loving her brought him such pain, and his heart quickens to the sound of the
rain.

The final stanza's rhyme scheme is the same as all of the others in the
poem. In this last stanza, the speaker says that art cannot hope to affect us the way rain
can.

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