Rain

Rain
By Shel Silverstein


I opened my eyes And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And it flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.


I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand-
I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said-
I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.

Reflection:

I enjoyed this poem because of its rhyme scheme and its symbolism. I love how the poem has perfect rhyme scheme that uses the same vowel sounds such as "rain, brain, head, bed." This makes the poem much easier to read and it creates a nice flowing effect that allows the words to roll off of your tongue. I also liked the overall theme of the poem that seemed to be an inner struggle that was making the speaker behave in unusual ways. I think it is clever how the theme is developed through symbolism. I interpreted the poet as using rain to symbolize an inner struggle within the speaker. This struggle is weighing the individual down and is not allowing him to do the things that he wants to do. Overall, I love how the whole poem was put together using rhyme scheme and symbolism to get the poems theme across to the audience.