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There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?
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Solution
The poem begins in a conversational tone. The two voices in the poem are the voice of the poet and the voice of the rain.
The lines that indicate the voice of the poet and the rain are, “And who art thou? Said I to the soft-falling shower,” and the lines that indicate the voice of the rain are, “I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain”.
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