E. E. Cummings

In the Rain

In the Rain - meaning Summary

Love Imagined in Rain

A speaker sits in rain and darkness, quietly thinking of a beloved whose face and features become an imagined city and a choreography of small, intimate images. The poem maps affection through urban and dance metaphors—streets of smiles, a dance-song soul—combining tenderness and reverie. It closes on a fragile, luminous note: in the speaker’s longing a single star or utterance crystallizes the feeling, underlining devotion and gentle rapture.

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in the rain- darkness,     the sunset being sheathed i sit and think of you the holy city which is your face your little cheeks the streets of smiles your eyes half- thrush half-angel and your drowsy lips where float flowers of kiss and there is the sweet shy pirouette your hair and then your dancesong soul.     rarely-beloved a single star is uttered,and i think of you

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