| Summer Shower |
| A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof; A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh. A few went out to help the brook, That went to help the sea. Myself conjectured, Where they pearls, What necklases could be! That dust replaced in hoisted roads, The birds jocoser sung; The sunshine threw his hat away, The orchards spangles hung. THe breezes brought dejected lutes, And bathed them in the glee; The East put out a single flag, And signed the fete away." -Emily Dickinson- 1830-1886 |
| The poet's intention of writing this poem is to show that summer shower are good things, not something to dread over about. The poet sees the rain drpos of summer shoer as pearls for er necklaces: "Myself conjectured, Were thy my pearls,/ What necklaces could be!" (ll.7-8). The poet sees rain drops kissing the eaves as tehy land and the rain drops shining the gables to make them laugh; "A half a dozen kissed the eaves,/ And made the gables laugh"(ll.3-4). The poet also see the aftermath of summer shower as a good time. "The sunshine threw his hat away/ Theorchard spangles hung" (ll.11-12): The poet sees the sun coming out after the rain as if it threw i's hat away and all teh orchard fruits sparkles as the sun shines in them. The poet see that at the end of summer showers, there are always good things that come out of it. She sees it as a time that the sun comes out and shine brightly over the earth, as if it was celebrating a special occation: "The East put out a single flag,/ And signed the fete away"(ll.15-16). The poet compared manythings in this poem to show us how much summer shower means to her. "Myself conjectured, Were they my pearls/ What necklaces could be!" (ll.7-8): The poet compared he rain drops tothe pearls o a necklace to show how much she values the rain drops. "The sunshine threw his hat away"(l.11): Once the rain has stopped, the sun comes out from behind the clouds to shine brightly above us. This poem reminds me of the time my sister and I played with the sprinkler. We had a lot of fun with the water splashing all over us: "A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh"(ll.3-4). After playing with the water, we would just sit around and allow the sun to dry us: "Th sunshine threw his hat away,/ The orchard spangles hung" (ll.11-12). |