down came the rain

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gauri_agr

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Hi All,

Please look at the 2nd line in the following rhyme

Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Incy Wincy spider went up the spout again!



I want to understand the grammar part of it. Down is a verb and acting as a noun here.

The way I have heard so many yoga instructor repeating the instruction like below

reach your hand up to the seeling

Please clear my understaning

Thanks & Regards
Gauri
 

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Hi All,

Please look at the 2nd line in the following rhyme

Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Incy Wincy spider went up the spout again!



I want to understand the grammar part of it. Down is a verb and acting as a noun here.

The way I have heard so many yoga instructor repeating the instruction like below

reach your hand up to the seeling

Please clear my understaning

Thanks & Regards
Gauri

Not a teacher.

"Down" is an adverb here. The rain came. How did it come? It came down. Down came the rain.

"Ceiling" is the word your yoga instructor is using.
 

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Dave is right.

'Down came the rain' is an inversion of 'The rain came down'.

In the same way 'Out came the sun' is an inversion of 'The sun came out'.

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thanks for correcting the "seeling" to "ceiling".

down is an adverb here...i understand

Down came the rain' is an inversion of 'The rain came down'......so when can we use inversion?

i need more example to understand the inversion...please

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Gauri
 

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The sentences are inverted to fit the metre of the lines.

'Down' and 'out' are accented syllables here, whereas 'the' at the start of the lines would have to be unstressed.

You can use inversion anytime you want to sound poetic: 'Heavy is my heart'; 'Gone are the days...'

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thanks a lot
 
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