He says that the raindrops at night are like tears shed by the sad dark night.
Rain on the roof poem summary.
Rain on the roof summary line by line explanation about the poet coates kinney the poet coates kinney 1826 1904 is trying to relate the rain to his past memories both sweet and bitter.
The poem has been divided into three stanzas having eight lines each.
He loves to lie in bed and hear rain falling on the roof of his room because it gets back sweet memories of the past.
The memories are both sweet and sad.
Rain on the roof summary in english in this poem the poet says that when the humid shadows drift here humid shadows means dark clouds full of water.
By listening to the patter of the rain the poet lies on his bed holds his pillow tightly and then gets lost in the thoughts of his caring and loving mother.
They ease him as well as make him sad.