Rain - don paterson

• “rain“ - simile, conveys the feeling of sadness and loss
• ”i love all films that start with rain” love , sad
• “rain , braiding a windowpane” intimacy, togetherness .. repetition of rain
• “or darkening a hung out dress” evil, sad
• “or streaming down her upturned face” crying , out in the rain
• “empty script and score” meaningless
• “before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame” somethings about to happen
• “to where the woman sits alone” death
• “beside a silent telephone” not fulfilling its purpose
• “dress lies ruined” femininity , treated as objects
• “or the girl walks off the overpass” suicide
• “along their fatal watercourse“ water, deadly
• “i think to when we opened cold on a starlight gutter, running gold” romance, valuable, highs and lows
• “forget the ink, the milk, the blood” permanent mark, love , death
• “was washed clean” they don’t matter, washing away sins
• “and none of this, none of this matters” death is inevitable , nothing matters
• general themes - reflection, fate/destiny , life and death, nothing matters , inevitability