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The Rainy Day ( A Poem)

The Rainy Day ( A Poem)

Title: The Rainy Day 

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Author's Background: The most widely known and best-loved American poet of his lifetime, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved a level of national and international prominence previously unequaled in the literary history of the United States. 

Analysis: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Rainy Day uses the themes youth and grief to show how much our past and future experiences affect our lives and how though we face multiple struggles in life we can overcome them.
There is always a time in our life when we realize that those days are gone. The days to go out and play, those days of innocence and happiness, those days when we were shielded from the real world. As we grow older and wiser and gain more experiences 

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