Rain Lane is a modern poem written by China poet Dai Wangshu in 1927. The poem describes the lyric hero "holding an oil-paper umbrella" and wandering alone in a long and lonely rain lane. He has an ethereal hope that he will meet "a girl with a lilac knot."
In Rain Lane, the poet used symbolic images and image group to construct lyric space, conveyed inner feelings, and integrated the artistic nutrition of ancient China poems, especially graceful poems in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Besides, the artistic success of this poem lies in its harmonious musical beauty.