Summary of the poem "Rain in Summer." I want only exact summary of the poem.
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Longfellow's poem "Rain in Summer" details the impact which the rain has on different persons and objects described within the poem.
Longfellow begins by detailing how the rain quenches the thirst of a dry street. The street, depicted as if on fire ("in the broad and fiery street"), needs the rain to cool its surface.
The next stanza details the rain as it bounces off of roofs (comparing the sound to that of...
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