I enjoyed this poem because it gave a glimmering description to the word 'rain'. Rain is usually noted negatively because on rainy days outside is not enjoyable and it makes you tired. I like how the poem made the reader think how rain is a beautiful thing. Hughes context helps to provide positive examples of rain. Goes to the extent of addressing rain as an individual as to allow it to kiss you. The details of how rain can act and what it can do make it sound like a beautiful object.

The message from this poem is that not all rain is bad or destructive. In our society when there is a negative connotation about something that is all that we focus our thinking on. We tend to recall negative impacts or faults of certain objects, for example rain. Rain has ruined many peoples lives but it has also helped people grow their lives. This poem helps to soften the harshening idea that many individuals may have about rain. The author loves rain (last line) so they describes many of the physical reasons why they love it. And those descriptions provide a positive image about rain to the reader.