Rain
Rain - context Summary
From 1985's a Light in the Attic
Shel Silverstein's "Rain" appeared in the 1985 collection A Light in the Attic. The short, playful poem imagines rain literally inside the speaker's head, producing silly physical effects and altered behavior. Its tone is childlike and whimsical, using simple imagery and rhyme to evoke imaginative literalism rather than realistic weather. The poem fits the collection's focus on humor, surprise, and a child's perspective on ordinary events.
Read Complete AnalysesI opened my eyes And looked up at the rain And it dripped into my head And flowed into my brain So pardon this wild crazy thing I just said I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head. I step very softly I walk very slow I can't do a hand-stand Or I might overflow. And all I can hear as I lie in my bed Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.
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