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The Rainy Day - Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Second Stanza

Third Stanza

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,

But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,

And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all,

Into each life some rain must fall,

Some days must be dark and dreary.

Rhyme Scheme: ddbba

He personifies his heart by speaking to it

He realizes that bad things happen to everyone and he has to learn to deal with it

The common fate of all = Death

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Rhyme Scheme: aacca

Compares his life to a rainy day

Repeats lines from the first stanza, replacing specific words

Personifies his thoughts

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,

But at every gust the dead leaves fall,

And the day is dark and dreary.

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,

But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,

And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all,

Into each life some rain must fall,

Some days must be dark and dreary.

First Stanza

Overall Tone and Structure and Themes

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,

But at every gust the dead leaves fall,

And the day is dark and dreary.

The poem is about an older man who is depressed because his youth is lost

The overall metaphor of the poem compares his life to a rainy day and the overall theme is that there is always hope

The tone of the poem is dark and gloomy in the first two stanzas, but in the final stanza, the man finds hope and the tone changes to hopeful

Rhyme Scheme: aabba

Sets the stage for comparison

Personifies the vine

Image captured by Ted Kemp

Work Cited

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Rainy Day." Poem Hunter. Poemhunter.com, n.d. Web. 19 May 2016. <http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/rain/page-1/37109/>.

Photos

Duyckinick, Evert A. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women in Europe and America. New York: Johnson, Wilson & Company, 1873 from <http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/index.html?img=237>

"Black Page Curl Free Stock Photo - Public Domain Pictures." Black Page Curl Free Stock Photo. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2016.

Duyckinick, Evert A. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women in Europe and America. New York: Johnson, Wilson & Company, 1873 from <http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/index.html?img=237>

"112 Free Vector Graphics: Turned." Turned. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 May 2016.

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