英美人,或出于地理原因(他们是海洋民族,善水,而我们是大陆民族,不善水)或文化原因(基督教有以水洗礼的传统,水包括雨水就有纯洁净化、清新脱俗之象征),写雨的诗风格就不一样了。像苏格兰人Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)的那首叫"Rain"的诗,把雨写得如此平常,它只是茫茫世界的一部分:
Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.