Sunday, May 5, 2019

Can you please give me a brief analysis of the poem "Green Rain" by Dorothy Livesay?

In poetry analysis, we should always look at the form, content, and literary devices in any given poem.
Form includes rhyme scheme, rhythm, and meter. When looking at the end of the lines, do you see any pattern of rhymes? Is there a consistent number of syllables in each line? Looking at "Green Rain," we can see that this a free verse poem, because there is no set structure.
What is this poem about? Dorothy Livesay writes from the first-person perspective about things she remembers. She writes about her grandmother and someone she calls "my love." The poem transitions from outside to inside, as she lists things like the spring trees, the road leading to the house, and the green carpets. We can understand more about what Livesay is saying by looking at how she is saying it.
There are many similes in the poem. Some are direct, such as how she "remember[s] the road / like the one which leads to my grandmother's house." Some of her similes are more abstract, such as comparing the "rising and falling" of her "grandmother's parlour / alive with herself and her voice" to "the silence, full of the rain's falling." Livesay's imagery evokes all of the senses: the sound of the rain in the silence, the sight of the rain against the green spring trees, and the feel of the "warm house." What else do you notice? Can you find any other literary devices?
I hope this helps you with your poetry analysis!

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