# Rain explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Langston Hughes.

## What happens

Three figures are struck by the beauty and weariness of existence under the thunder of the Rain God in Taos, waiting in stillness for nothingness.

## Themes in this chapter

### Nature and the Elements

The Rain God's thunder dominates the poem, symbolizing nature's overwhelming power and the characters' submission to it.

### Death and Mortality

The waiting for 'nothingness' and the weariness suggest a contemplation of death or existential void.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The speaker, part of the 'we three' experiencing the rain and stillness.

### Sun

Implied as the Rain God's counterpart, though not directly named; the thunder and rain dominate the scene.

## Key lines

> Thunder of the Rain God: And we three Smitten by beauty.

The Rain God's thunder strikes us three, overwhelmed by beauty.

_The group is simultaneously awed and burdened by the natural world's splendor._

> Waiting for nothingness.

We wait for emptiness or the end of existence.

_A sense of resignation or anticipation of death or oblivion._

## Links

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