Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Topic

Yin and yang Rain Sadness Down days The human condition

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

The Rainy Day Ballads and Other Poems

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Rainy Day." Ballads and Other Poems. Cambridge: John Owen, 1842, I. 14.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Rainy Day." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems & Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 14.

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