Describe the various sights, sounds and recollections the rain brings to the poet
This question is from the book beehive chapter 3 poem RAIN ON THE ROOF

The poet describes the rain in its divine glory, images, movements and sounds. The very first image connects it to divinity. Its falling on the ground from the sky is pictured in the form of 'dotted silver threads'. It seems as if the gods are dropping these from their heavenly abode. In the next image, the poet compares the rain to 'beautiful white pearls' plucked from the crown of Ishtar. In the next three images, the poet expresses the different movements and sounds of rain. When it 'cries' the hill laugh. When it falls down in humble and soft drops, the flowers rejoice it. When it spreads showers all round, all the people feel a joy. The 'voice of thunder' declares it arrival. The rainbow announces its departure. The rain emerges from the heart of the sea and soars above in the sky with the breeze. It embraces different objects of nature on the earth in a 'million little ways'. It is a 'sigh' of the sea, the 'laughter' of the field and 'tears of heaven'. Its music and sound are heard by all but only a few can understand these. Only the sensitive and delicate minds, souls and hearts can feel and understand the melodies of the rain.