Science extra credit

Jerry Bradford

Flimsy like a lace paper window pane
Rattled in a heavy wind blown rain
The rain
The rain came quickly down
And the shutters leaked as they tried in vain
To curb the pelting sound
The rain the rain falls wet and cold
And weakens the hillside ground
Which then gives way and
Tumults over the wall which cannot hold
The rain the rain
When will it end
The rain will never cease
The rain will someday wash our weary souls I am told
The rain the rain the rain the rain


I read the poem Flimsy Like Paper Lace by Jerry Bradford. The author describes what the rain does. He talks about the rain leaking in the shutters even though they were trying to keep the rain out. He talks about heavy rain that weakens the ground and makes the ground collapse eventually. He teaches that the rain can cause floods and that makes the poem better.

The poem would not be the same without the authors mention of rain.I think the author's trying to compare the rain to our feelings. Sometimes we want to stop our emotions just like the rain in the poem. Sometimes our feelings or emotions get flooded just like the rain did to the hillside.It taught me that things can collapse from too much rain. I think this is a great poem.