The Rainy Day (Poem)

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Title: The Rainy Day
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Author's Background: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). 
Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. source
Interpretation: 
     The poem shows that Life can be cruel, dark, and make your days sad. Life may give you problems that will really stress you out, but as it says on the third stanza, like every other rain, there is always a sunshine or a rainbow that will follow, and that sometimes, you will need to experience the reality, that your days will not always go the way you want to, or turn really badly. To face the challenges of life is to grow, and surpassing them can make you stronger, strong enough to face the next rain and go through it without a sweat.

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