195:
121:. As in his earlier collections, Paterson uses Scottish Dialect in many of the shorter lyrics in this work - words such as 'tae', 'och', 'wi' and 'gairdie'. He sometimes glosses such dialects, as in 'The Human Shield', but does not always, as in 'Verse'. In comparison to his eelier collections, Paterson's use of traditional forms seems limited: Rain features only one
236:
126:
154:
229:
255:
270:
265:
222:
177:
53:
and
Paterson regularly works off the work of other writers (often non-English language writers) such as
260:
133:, and many poems of quatrain stanzas. However he predominantly writes in free verse, and blank verse.
210:
65:. Rain contains 30 poems. Aside from the title poem some of the more famous poems included are:
178:
Don
Paterson wins the Forward poetry prize with 'masterful' collection | Books | guardian.co.uk
109:
The collection features poems dedicated to both of
Paterson's children, the founder of origami
8:
150:
54:
62:
39:"Man is air in the air and in order to become a point in the air he has to fall."
144:
118:
114:
110:
50:
26:
206:
97:
29:
and won the
Forward poetry prize for best poetry collection of the same year.
249:
22:
194:
202:
122:
130:
58:
125:, 'Miguel', a form that would dominate his next collection
90:He's three year deid, and aa I've done is greet.
247:
21:is a collection of poetry by the Scottish poet
230:
117:; the book is also dedicated, as a whole, to
142:
201:This article about a collection of written
237:
223:
94:I've jist nae hert to mak a poem o it.
248:
189:
92:wi a toom pen an nae elegy but och.
13:
14:
282:
143:Don Paterson (9 September 2014).
75:Renku: My Last Thirty-Five Deaths
193:
136:
171:
25:. It was published in 2009 by
1:
149:. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
49:Rain opens with a quote from
209:. You can help Knowledge by
7:
32:
10:
287:
256:British poetry collections
188:
104:Don Paterson, Rain (2009)
164:
271:Poetry collection stubs
266:Faber & Faber books
96:I stole that line from
101:
41:
129:(2015), as well as a
88:
37:
261:2009 poetry books
218:
217:
156:978-1-4668-8068-9
278:
239:
232:
225:
197:
190:
180:
175:
160:
105:
45:
286:
285:
281:
280:
279:
277:
276:
275:
246:
245:
244:
243:
186:
184:
183:
176:
172:
167:
157:
139:
119:Michael Donaghy
115:Michael Longley
113:, and the poet
111:Akira Yoshizawa
107:
103:
95:
93:
91:
87:
78:The Bathysphere
51:Antonio Porchia
47:
44:Antonio Porchia
43:
35:
27:Faber and Faber
12:
11:
5:
284:
274:
273:
268:
263:
258:
242:
241:
234:
227:
219:
216:
215:
198:
182:
181:
169:
168:
166:
163:
162:
161:
155:
138:
135:
98:Robert Garioch
85:
84:
83:
82:
79:
76:
73:
70:
36:
34:
31:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
283:
272:
269:
267:
264:
262:
259:
257:
254:
253:
251:
240:
235:
233:
228:
226:
221:
220:
214:
212:
208:
204:
199:
196:
192:
191:
187:
179:
174:
170:
158:
152:
148:
147:
141:
140:
134:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
106:
100:
99:
80:
77:
74:
71:
68:
67:
66:
64:
63:César Vallejo
60:
56:
52:
46:
40:
30:
28:
24:
20:
19:
211:expanding it
200:
185:
173:
145:
137:Bibliography
108:
102:
89:
55:Slavoj Žižek
48:
42:
38:
23:Don Paterson
17:
16:
15:
146:Rain: Poems
250:Categories
127:40 Sonnets
72:The Swing
69:Two Trees
33:Contents
81:Phantom
203:poetry
153:
123:Sonnet
61:, and
205:is a
165:Notes
131:Renku
86:Verse
59:Li Po
207:stub
151:ISBN
18:Rain
252::
57:,
238:e
231:t
224:v
213:.
159:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
