Unit 5 Rain in Summer
Listen up! Listen to the poem your teacher reads to you. Who is speaking in the poem? What tricks does this person play? Did you like this poem? Why? Reading
Rain in Summer How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout! Across the window pane It pours and pours: And swift and wide With a muddy tide, Like a river down the gutter roars The rain, the welcome rain.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1 What was the weather like before the rain began? 2 Which words in the first verse rhyme?
3 Why does the poet use the word ‘fiery’ to describe the street? 4 Find words in the poem with a similar meaning to these phrases: a) pours out quickly b) falls noisily 5 How do you think the poet felt when the rain began? Which words in the poem make you think that?
• Listen up! Read the poem ‘I am the Rain’ (Listening Texts page 183). Discuss the questions with your students. • Reading: Before reading ‘Rain in Summer’, discuss typical features found in poems, e.g. stanzas, rhyme, rhythm. • Compare ‘I am the Rain’ and ‘Rain in Summer’.
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