Tears Fall In My Heart
Tears fall in my heart
Rain falls on the town;
what is this numb hurt
that enters my heart?
Ah,the soft sound of rain
on roofs, on the ground!
To a dulled heart they came,
ah, the song of the rain!
Tears without reason
in the disheartened heart.
What? no trace of treason?
This grief's without reason.
It's far the worst pain
to never know why
without love or disdain
my heart has such pain!
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Who wrote the poem "Tears Fall In My Heart"?
Paul Verlaine (March 30, 1844 – January 8, 1896)
Paul Verlaine was a French poet who was
involved with the Symbolist movement (trying to represent absolute truths using
language and metaphorical images) and the Decadent movement (aesthetically
expressing excess and artificiality). He is considered as one of the greatest
French poets of the 19th century. He abandoned his marriage for his
homosexual relationship with Arthur Rimbaud, a boy who admired his poetry. He
was imprisoned for 18 months after he shot with a piston at Rimbaud, wounding
his wrist. In prison, he converted to Roman Catholicism and wrote some of his
masterpieces. In his last years, his life was marred by drug addiction,
alcoholism, and poverty. Yet his literary popularity persisted, brining in some
income and election as France’s “Prince of Poets” by his peers in 1894.
"Tears Fall In My Heart" explanation
In the poem, the speaker describes his
inner pain the reason of which he doesn’t know. Tears falling in his heart is
beautifully juxtaposed with the soft rain on the ground. The poem resonates
with us because we all have pains without a reason in our heart. Although
occasional tears might not be something to be ashamed of, we have to stay
positive and never forget to be always grateful for everything that’s given to
us.
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